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# sandbox

«sandbox» in Mova's school dictionary: **A box or pit filled with sand for children to play in; in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a sandbox, sandboxes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (US, Canada) A box or pit filled with sand for children to play in; in the UK and Australia it is called a sandpit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbox/#m1)

2) (computing) A safe, closed space where a program can run without harming the rest of the computer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbox/#m2)

3) (games) A sandbox game lets players build and explore freely, like Minecraft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbox/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life little children play in the sandbox at the park. In computing and online safety lessons, a sandbox keeps unknown programs from damaging files. In gaming, «sandbox mode» means free play without strict goals. Phrases: «play in the sandbox», «sandbox game», «sandbox mode».

### examples

- The toddlers built castles in the sandbox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbox/#x1)
- Minecraft is a famous sandbox game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbox/#x2)
- The new app runs in a sandbox, so it cannot change your files. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbox/#x3)
- Cover the sandbox at night so cats don't use it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbox/#x4)
- We tried the code in a sandbox first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbox/#x5)
- In sandbox mode you can build anything you like. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbox/#x6)

### note

Plural: sandboxes. UK, Australia, New Zealand: «sandpit». Hygiene: wash your hands after playing in shared sand.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sandbox» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbox/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.