Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A box to hold a small quantity of foundry-sand for molders' use, placed near the flask or the molding-machine. In use the sand box is often above the molding-machine, so that the sand may be delivered by gravity as required.
- noun In a street-car, a box or other receptacle for holding sand used in sprinkling the rails to obtain a better adhesion for the wheels. It is usually fitted with a delivery-pipe and valve controlled by the motorman.
- noun A box with a perforated top or cover for sprinkling paper with sand.
- noun A box filled with sand, usually placed, in American locomotives, on top of the boiler and in front of the driving-wheel, with a pipe to guide the sand to the rail when the wheels slip owing to frost, wet, etc. See cut under
passenger-engine . - noun A tree, Hura crepitans.
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Examples
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Play by the rules or go find your own sand-box! ben
Florida compromise seats delegation, gives each half vote 2008
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GTA IV, with its free-roaming environment, was called a "sand-box" game, and perhaps Red Dead Redemption is the first "dust-box" game.
Will this game bring out the cowboy in us all? Peter Serafinowicz 2010
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He talks of a new way of doing things and reaching out to people who disagree with us, then turns the House Floor into a playground sand-box during the State of the Union.
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She talks of a new way of doing things and reaching out to people who disagree with us, then turns the west wing into a playground sand-box for her husband Bill.
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JMS is at his best when he's playing in his own sand-box: Babylon 5...
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At first blush one might argue that EVE Online with its deep laissez-faire market system and sand-box design that stresses player initiative and "creating your own story" offers a compelling classical liberal narrative.
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At first blush one might argue that EVE Online with its deep laissez-faire market system and sand-box design that stresses player initiative and "creating your own story" offers a compelling classical liberal narrative.
September 2008 2008
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Anything else happening in SL between avatars is just the sand-box/ black-box.
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Also, some devices, such as in the “sand-box” scene, were real.
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Swift his “large silver standish, consisting of a large silver plate, an ink-pot, and a sand-box.”
hernesheir commented on the word sand-box
A term for a trees, trains and trolley cars. And I thought it was all about little kids and their play.
December 2, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word sand-box
See sandbox.
April 20, 2017