sandbox

About 0.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.

   Her children were playing in the sandbox.

2. noun A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting.
3. noun A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper.
4. noun An animal's litter box.
5. noun A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs onto the rails in front of the driving wheels, to prevent slipping.
6. noun 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.

7. noun A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content.
8. noun The Middle East.

Similar words

sandpile park environment playpen dig box sand trap sandlot playspace cat box playbox

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Word family

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