Meanings
nounsandbox (plural sandboxes)
plural sandboxes · alternative sand box · alternative sand-box
- A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper.
- An animal's litter box.
- rail transportA box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs onto the rails in front of the driving wheels, to prevent slipping.
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.
1941 August, “Notes and News: The Swiss South Eastern Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 376 - wiki jargonA page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content.
- USslangusually "The Sandbox"governmentThe Middle East.
verbsandbox (third-person singular simple present sandboxes, present participle sandboxing, simple past and past participle sandboxed)
present singular third person sandboxes · participle present sandboxing · participle past sandboxed · past sandboxed · alternative sand box · alternative sand-box
- transitivecomputingTo restrict (a program, etc.) by placing it in a sandbox.
Although you can use standard JavaScript and AJAX in sandboxed iframe pages to your heart's content, the Facebook Platform places restrictions over the amount of scripting capabilities you can add to the more tightly integrated FBML pages.
2011, Richard Wagner, Building Facebook Applications For Dummies - broadlyintransitivetransitiveTo brainstorm; to prototype.
Their team has been sandboxing some ideas recently.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
Similar
play enclosure with sand
Similar
sandpit:
More synonyms by meaning
nouna plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sámdʰos?
- Proto-Germanic*samdaz
- Proto-West Germanic*samd
- Old Englishsand
- Middle Englishsond
- Englishsand
- Ancient Greekπῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
- Ancient Greekπυξίς (puxís)
- Late Latinbuxis
- Proto-West Germanic*buhsā
- Old Englishbox
- Middle Englishbox
- Englishbox
- Englishsandbox
Translations
Arabic صُنْدُوق رَمْل, صَنْدُوق رَمْل
- صُنْدُوق رَمْل (ṣundūq raml)box with sand for children — see also sandpit
- صَنْدُوق رَمْل (ṣandūq raml)box with sand for children — see also sandpit
Bengali বালুচর
- বালুচর (balucor)box with sand for children — see also sandpit
Bulgarian пя́съчник, сандбокс
- пя́съчник (pjásăčnik)box with sand for children — see also sandpit
- сандбокс (sandboks)computing: isolated program execution area
Catalan sorrera, sorrera
- sorrerabox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- sorreracontainer for sand or pounce, used for writing
- polseracontainer for sand or pounce, used for writing
- sorrerarail transport: box from which sand runs onto the rails
Chinese Mandarin 砂箱, 沙盒
- 砂箱 (shāxiāng)box with sand for children — see also sandpit
- 沙盒 (shāhé)wiki sandbox
Czech pískoviště, pískoviště
- pískovištěbox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- pískovištěwiki sandbox
Danish sandkasse, sandkasse
- sandkassebox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- sandkassecomputing: isolated program execution area
- sandkassewiki sandbox
Dutch zandbak, zandbak
- zandbakbox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- zandbakwiki sandbox
Esperanto sabloludejo, sablokesto
- sabloludejobox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- sablokestobox with sand for children — see also sandpit
Finnish hiekkalaatikko, muottikehys
- hiekkalaatikkobox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- muottikehysbox of sand for mould-making
- hiekoitussäiliörail transport: box from which sand runs onto the rails
- hiekkalaatikkocomputing: isolated program execution area
- hiekkalaatikkowiki sandbox
French bac à sable, carré de sable
- bac à sablebox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- carré de sablebox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- bac à sablewiki sandbox
German Sandkasten, Sandbox
- Sandkastenbox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- Sandboxcomputing: isolated program execution area
- Spielwiesewiki sandbox
Greek αμμοδόχος, αμμοδοχείο
- αμμοδόχος (ammodóchos)box with sand for children — see also sandpit
- αμμοδοχείο (ammodocheío)wiki sandbox
Hindi प्रयोगपृष्ठ
- प्रयोगपृष्ठ (prayogpŕṣṭh)wiki sandbox
Hungarian homokozó
- homokozóbox with sand for children — see also sandpit
Icelandic sandkassi, sandkassi
- sandkassibox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- sandkassiwiki sandbox
Indonesian bak pasir, bak pasir
- bak pasirbox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- bak pasircomputing: isolated program execution area
Irish poll gainimh, bosca gainimh
- poll gainimhbox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- bosca gainimhwiki sandbox
Italian sabbionaia, sabbiera
- sabbionaiabox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- sabbierabox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- isolamentocomputing: isolated program execution area
Japanese 砂場, 砂箱
- 砂場 (sunaba)box with sand for children — see also sandpit
- 砂箱 (sunabako)box with sand for children — see also sandpit
- サンドボックス (sandobokkusu)computing: isolated program execution area
- サンドボックス (sando bokkusu)wiki sandbox
Korean 사장, 모래상자
- 사장 (sajang)box with sand for children — see also sandpit
- 모래상자 (moraesangja)box with sand for children — see also sandpit
- 샌드박스 (saendeubakseu)computing: isolated program execution area
- 연습장 (yeonseupjang)wiki sandbox
Latin arenarium, harenarium
- arenariumwiki sandbox
- harenariumwiki sandbox
Latvian smilšu kaste
- smilšu kastebox with sand for children — see also sandpit
Lithuanian smėlio dėžė
- smėlio dėžėbox with sand for children — see also sandpit
Norwegian Bokmål sandkasse
- sandkassebox with sand for children — see also sandpit
Polish piaskownica, piaskownica
- piaskownicabox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- piaskownicacomputing: isolated program execution area
- obszar izolowanycomputing: isolated program execution area
- brudnopiswiki sandbox
Portuguese caixa de areia, zona de testes
- caixa de areiabox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- zona de testeswiki sandbox
Romanian groapă cu nisip, cutie cu nisip
- groapă cu nisipbox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- cutie cu nisipwiki sandbox
Russian песо́чница, песо́чница
- песо́чница (pesóčnica)box with sand for children — see also sandpit
- песо́чница (pesóčnica)wiki sandbox
Slovak pieskovisko, pieskovisko
- pieskoviskobox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- pieskoviskowiki sandbox
Spanish arenero, caja arenácea
- arenerobox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- caja arenáceabox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- caja arenosabox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- caja areniscabox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- arenillerocontainer for sand or pounce, used for writing
- salvaderacontainer for sand or pounce, used for writing
- zona de pruebascomputing: isolated program execution area
- [el] área de probaturascomputing: isolated program execution area
- zona de pruebaswiki sandbox
Swedish sandlåda, sandlåda
- sandlådabox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- sandlådawiki sandbox
Tagalog kahon ng buhangin
- kahon ng buhanginbox with sand for children — see also sandpit
Thai กระบะทราย
- กระบะทราย (grà-bà-saai)box with sand for children — see also sandpit
Turkish deneme tahtası
- deneme tahtasıwiki sandbox
Ukrainian пісо́чниця, пісо́чниця
- пісо́чниця (pisóčnycja)box with sand for children — see also sandpit
- пісо́чниця (pisóčnycja)computing: isolated program execution area
- пісо́чниця (pisóčnycja)wiki sandbox
Vietnamese hộp cát
- hộp cátbox with sand for children — see also sandpit
Welsh pwll tywod, pwll tywod
- pwll tywodbox with sand for children — see also sandpit
- pwll tywodwiki sandbox
Yiddish זאַמדקאַסטן, זעמדער
- זאַמדקאַסטן (zamdkastn)box with sand for children — see also sandpit
- זעמדער (zemder)container for sand or pounce, used for writing
Cite this entry
APA
sandbox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandbox
MLA
“sandbox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandbox. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sandbox,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandbox.
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