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sandbox
[ sand-boks ]
noun
- Computers. an environment in which software developers or editors can create and test new content, separate from other content in the project (often used attributively):
sandbox web design;
New features are tested and critiqued in the demo sandbox.
adjective
- Digital Technology. noting or relating to a genre of video game with a nonlinear structure that allows players to roam freely.
sandbox
/ ˈæԻˌɒ /
noun
- a container on a railway locomotive from which sand is released onto the rails to assist the traction
- a box with sand shaped for moulding metal
- a container of sand for small children to play in
- computing a protected environment in which an untrusted program may be run without affecting other parts of the system
Example Sentences
Black bowls through the movie like the king of the sandbox, the lord of the playground, rallying the rest of us to join him on a quest that he’s made up on the spot.
Billy Carlson was smiling before the game like a kid ready to go play in a sandbox.
“Thinking of our characters as mecha versions of themselves really allowed us to play with them in a much different sandbox.”
The most daunting, but also the most thrilling part of the gig, was getting to be in the “Dune” sandbox, so to speak.
“This citation of the neighboring property owner validates what we have been saying from the start: The beach cannot and should not be treated as a personal sandbox.”
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