On a nice spring day, when Jan was digging in the sandbox in the backyard, he found a small box. In the box was a shining switchblade with a mysterious inscription.
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Sandbox
//ˈsænd.bɒks//
Synonyms for "sandbox" (4 found)
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2 entrieshas context
6 entriesis a
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15 entriesTranslations
104 translations across 52 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- صَنْدُوق رَمْل noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- صُنْدُوق رَمْل noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Armenian
1 entries- ավազարկղ noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Belarusian
1 entries- пясо́чніца noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Bengali
1 entries- বালুচর noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Bulgarian
2 entries- пя́съчник noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- сандбокс noun (computing: isolated program execution area)
Catalan
4 entries- polsera noun (container for sand or pounce, used for writing)
- sorrera noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- sorrera noun (container for sand or pounce, used for writing)
- sorrera noun (rail transport: box from which sand runs onto the rails)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 沙盒 noun (wiki sandbox)
- 砂箱 noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Chuvash
1 entries- хӑйӑр карти noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Czech
2 entries- pískoviště noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- pískoviště noun (wiki sandbox)
Danish
3 entries- sandkasse noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- sandkasse noun (computing: isolated program execution area)
- sandkasse noun (wiki sandbox)
Dutch
2 entries- zandbak noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- zandbak noun (wiki sandbox)
Esperanto
2 entries- sablokesto noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- sabloludejo noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Finnish
4 entries- hiekkalaatikko noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- hiekkalaatikko noun (computing: isolated program execution area)
- hiekkalaatikko noun (wiki sandbox)
- hiekoitussäiliö noun (rail transport: box from which sand runs onto the rails)
French
3 entries- bac à sable noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- bac à sable noun (wiki sandbox)
- carré de sable noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
German
3 entries- Sandbox noun (computing: isolated program execution area)
- Sandkasten noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- Spielwiese noun (wiki sandbox)
Greek
2 entries- αμμοδοχείο noun (wiki sandbox)
- αμμοδόχος noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रयोगपृष्ठ noun (wiki sandbox)
Hungarian
1 entries- homokozó noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Icelandic
2 entries- sandkassi noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- sandkassi noun (wiki sandbox)
Ido
1 entries- sabluyo noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Indonesian
2 entries- bak pasir noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- bak pasir noun (computing: isolated program execution area)
Irish
2 entries- bosca gainimh noun (wiki sandbox)
- poll gainimh noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Italian
3 entries- isolamento noun (computing: isolated program execution area)
- sabbiera noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- sabbionaia noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Japanese
4 entries- サンドボックス noun (computing: isolated program execution area)
- サンドボックス noun (wiki sandbox)
- 砂場 noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- 砂箱 noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Kazakh
1 entries- құмсалғыш noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Khmer
1 entries- ប្រអប់ខ្សាច់ noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Korean
4 entries- 모래상자 noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- 사장 noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- 샌드박스 noun (computing: isolated program execution area)
- 연습장 noun (wiki sandbox)
Latin
2 entries- arenarium noun (wiki sandbox)
- harenarium noun (wiki sandbox)
Latvian
1 entries- smilšu kaste noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Lithuanian
1 entries- smėlio dėžė noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- grajkanišćo noun (wiki sandbox)
Manx
1 entries- kishtey geinnee noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sandkasse noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sandkasse noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Occitan
1 entries- clòt de sable noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Polish
4 entries- brudnopis noun (wiki sandbox)
- obszar izolowany noun (computing: isolated program execution area)
- piaskownica noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- piaskownica noun (computing: isolated program execution area)
Portuguese
2 entries- caixa de areia noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- zona de testes noun (wiki sandbox)
Romanian
2 entries- cutie cu nisip noun (wiki sandbox)
- groapă cu nisip noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Russian
2 entries- песо́чница noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- песо́чница noun (wiki sandbox)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- testno okruženje noun (computing: isolated program execution area)
Slovak
2 entries- pieskovisko noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- pieskovisko noun (wiki sandbox)
Slovene
1 entries- peskovnik noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Spanish
4 entries- [el] área de probaturas noun (computing: isolated program execution area)
- arenero noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- arenillero noun (container for sand or pounce, used for writing)
- caja arenisca noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Swedish
2 entries- sandlåda noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- sandlåda noun (wiki sandbox)
Tagalog
1 entries- kahon ng buhangin noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Thai
1 entries- กระบะทราย noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Turkish
1 entries- deneme tahtası noun (wiki sandbox)
Ukrainian
3 entries- пісо́чниця noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- пісо́чниця noun (computing: isolated program execution area)
- пісо́чниця noun (wiki sandbox)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- hrajkanišćo noun (wiki sandbox)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hộp cát noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
Welsh
2 entries- pwll tywod noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- pwll tywod noun (wiki sandbox)
Yiddish
2 entries- זאַמדקאַסטן noun (box with sand for children — see also sandpit)
- זעמדער noun (container for sand or pounce, used for writing)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I'm teaching my cat to do its business in the sandbox.
Source: tatoeba (1334969)
The boys are still playing in the sandbox.
Source: tatoeba (1334976)
Tom and Mary played in the sandbox together and made sand castles.
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