Sandbox

Definitions

1. A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
   Canada, US
2. A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting.
3. A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper.
4. An animal's litter box.
5. A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs onto the rails in front of the driving wheels, to prevent slipping.
6. An isolated area where a program can be executed with a restricted portion of the resources available.
7. A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content.
8. The Middle East.
   US, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Her children were playing in the sandbox.”

“For the most part they were small standard gauge 0-6-0 side tanks of the type⟳ illustrated, with long tapered chimneys and an unusual feature for the Continent in the shape⟳ of domeless boilers, the protuberance just behind the chimney being a sandbox.”

“Running a program⟳ in a sandbox can prevent⟳ it from doing any damage⟳ to the system.”

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