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unboxes

unboxes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unbox.

Meaning of unbox

Verb

unbox (third-person singular simple present unboxes, present participle unboxing, simple past and past participle unboxed)

  1. (transitive) To remove from a box.
    • The booksellers' tasks were to unbox, shelve, and handle cash.2005, Andrew Laties, Rebel Bookseller
    Synonyms:
    unpack, uncase, undo
  2. (transitive) To retrieve (a value of a primitive type) from the object in which it is boxed.
    • When a boxing or unboxing operation occurs in code, whether it was implicit or explicit, the IL generated includes the box or unbox command.2004, Stephen Teilhet, Jay Hilyard, C# Cookbook

Questions about unboxes

What is unboxes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unboxes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unbox.

Words near unboxes in the dictionary

  1. unbox
  2. unboxable
  3. unboxed
  4. unboxer
  5. unboxers
  6. unboxes
  7. unboxing
  8. unboxings
  9. unboxy
  10. unboy
  11. unboycotted

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