sandbox.
A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
Meaning & usage
A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
Her children were playing in the sandbox.
A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting.
A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper.
An animal's litter box.
A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs onto the rails in front of the driving wheels, to prevent slipping.
An isolated area where a program can be executed with a restricted portion of the resources available.
Running a program in a sandbox can prevent it from doing any damage to the system.
A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content.
The Middle East.
Where this word comes from
From sand + box.
To restrict (a program, etc.) by placing it in a sandbox.
To brainstorm; to prototype.
Their team has been sandboxing some ideas recently.
Where this word comes from
From sand + box.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.