different between icebox vs sandbox

English

Alternative forms

• ice-box

Etymology

From ice +? box.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???sb?ks/

Noun

icebox (plural iceboxes)

1. A box or compartment containing ice, typically used to keep provisions cool. [from 19th c.]
2. (Britain) A compartment in a refrigerator that is colder than the rest of the refrigerator and is used as a freezer.
3. (US, dated) A refrigerator. [from 20th c.]
4. (US, slang) A prison. [from 20th c.]
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 53:

     ‘The sister ran after them and brought them back and had Owen heaved into the icebox.’

5. (US, slang) A morgue.

Translations

Synonyms

• cool box
• cooler
• coolbox
• chilly bin (New Zealand)
• esky (Australia)

Further reading

• icebox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

icebox (not comparable)

1. agreeable, awesome. (as a superlative of cool)

   • BALOWSKI: Yes, that's absolutely icebox! See you later, Ford Anglia!

For the Wiktionary test page, see Wiktionary:Sandbox.

English

Etymology

sand +? box.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sændb?ks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sændb?ks/
• Hyphenation: sand?box

Noun

sandbox (plural sandboxes)

1. (US) A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
2. A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting.
3. A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper.
4. An animal's litter box.
5. (rail transport) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs onto the rails in front of the driving wheels, to prevent slipping.
6. (computing) An isolated area where a program can be executed with a restricted portion of the resources available.

7. (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content.
8. (US, military, slang, usually "The Sandbox") The Middle East.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• sandbox game
• sandbox tree

Related terms

• (rail transport) sand dome

Translations

Verb

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

1. (computing, transitive) To restrict (a program, etc.) by placing it in a sandbox.

Derived terms

• unsandboxed