Alternative forms

sand box
sand-box

Etymology

From sand +‎ box.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsænd.bɒks/, /ˈsæn.bɒks/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsænd.bɑks/
Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: sand‧box

Noun

sandbox (plural sandboxes)

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sandbox

Wikipedia

(US, Canada) A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
Synonym: sandpit
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.
(rail transport) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs onto the rails in front of the driving wheels, to prevent slipping.
- 1941 August, “Notes and News: The Swiss South Eastern Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 376:
  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.
(computing) 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.
(wiki jargon) A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content.
(US, military, slang, usually "The Sandbox") The Middle East.

Synonyms

(play enclosure with sand): sandpit (UK):

Derived terms

Related terms

(rail transport) sand dome

Descendants

→ Chinese: 沙盒 (shāhé) (calque)

Translations

box with sand for children — see also sandpit

Amharic: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: صُنْدُوق رَمْل m (ṣundūq raml), صَنْدُوق رَمْل m (ṣandūq raml)
Armenian: ավազարկղ (avazarkġ)
Belarusian: пясо́чніца f (pjasóčnica)
Bengali: বালুচর (bn) (balucor)
Bulgarian: пя́съчник (bg) m (pjásǎčnik)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: sorrera (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 砂箱 (zh) (shāxiāng)
Chuvash: хӑйӑр карти (hăjăr k̬art̬i)
Czech: pískoviště (cs) n
Danish: sandkasse (da) c
Dutch: zandbak (nl) m
Esperanto: sabloludejo, sablokesto
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: hiekkalaatikko (fi)
French: bac à sable (fr) m, carré de sable (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Sandkasten (de) m
Greek: αμμοδόχος (el) f (ammodóchos)
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: homokozó (hu)
Icelandic: sandkassi (is) m
Ido: sabluyo (io)
Indonesian: bak (id) pasir (id)
Irish: poll gainimh m
Italian: sabbionaia (it) f, sabbiera (it) f
Japanese: 砂場 (ja) (すなば, sunaba), 砂箱 (すなばこ, sunabako)
Kazakh: құмсалғыш (qūmsalğyş)
Khmer: ប្រអប់ខ្សាច់ (brâʼâbkhsach)
Korean: 모래상자 (moraesangja)
Kyrgyz: please add this translation if you can
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: smilšu kaste
Lithuanian: smėlio dėžė (lt)
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Manx: kishtey geinnee m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sandkasse (no) m or f

Nynorsk: sandkasse m or f
Occitan: clòt de sable m
Odia: please add this translation if you can
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: piaskownica (pl) f
Portuguese: caixa de areia (pt) f
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: groapă cu nisip f
Russian: песо́чница (ru) f (pesóčnica)
Scottish Gaelic: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: pieskovisko n
Slovene: peskovnik (sl) m
Spanish: arenero (es) m, salvadera (es)
Swedish: sandlåda (sv) c
Tagalog: kahon ng (tl) buhangin (tl)
Thai: กระบะทราย (grà-bà-saai)
Ukrainian: пісо́чниця (uk) f (pisóčnycja)
Vietnamese: hộp cát
Welsh: pwll tywod m
Yiddish: זאַמדקאַסטן m (zamdkastn)

box of sand for mould-making

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: muottikehys

container for sand or pounce, used for writing

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: sorrera (ca) f, polsera f
Yiddish: זעמדער m (zemder)

animal's litter box — see litter box

rail transport: box from which sand runs onto the rails

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: sorrera (ca) f
Finnish: hiekoitussäiliö

computing: isolated program execution area

Bulgarian: сандбокс (bg) m (sandboks)
Danish: sandkasse (da) c
Finnish: hiekkalaatikko (fi)
German: Sandbox f
Indonesian: bak pasir
Italian: isolamento (it) m
Japanese: サンドボックス (sando bokkusu)
Korean: 샌드박스 (saendeubakseu)
Polish: piaskownica (pl) f, obszar izolowany m
Serbo-Croatian: testno okruženje n
Spanish: zona de pruebas f
Ukrainian: пісо́чниця (uk) f (pisóčnycja)

wiki sandbox

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沙盒 (zh) (shāhé)
Czech: pískoviště (cs)
Danish: sandkasse (da) c
Dutch: zandbak (nl) m
Finnish: hiekkalaatikko (fi)
French: bac à sable (fr) m
German: Spielwiese (de) f
Greek: αμμοδοχείο (el) n (ammodocheío)
Icelandic: sandkassi (is) m
Irish: bosca gainimh m
Japanese: サンドボックス (sando bokkusu)
Korean: 연습장(練習帳) (ko) (yeonseupjang)
Latin: arenarium n, harenarium n
Polish: brudnopis (pl) m
Portuguese: zona de testes f
Romanian: cutie cu nisip
Russian: песо́чница (ru) f (pesóčnica)
Slovak: pieskovisko n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: grajkanišćo n

Upper Sorbian: hrajkanišćo n
Spanish: zona de pruebas
Swedish: sandlåda (sv) c
Turkish: deneme tahtası (tr)
Ukrainian: пісо́чниця (uk) f (pisóčnycja)
Welsh: pwll tywod m

military slang: the Middle East

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} zandbak (nl) m (1,2)
Luxembourgish: ^{(please verify)} Sandkaul
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 沙盒 (zh) (shāhé)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} sandkasse (no) m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} arenero (es) m (1)

Verb

sandbox (third-person singular simple present sandboxes, present participle sandboxing, simple past and past participle sandboxed)

Derived terms

unsandboxed