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caixa de areia — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • sandbox noun A shallow box filled with sand for children to play in.

Senses

caixa de areia is used for these senses in English:

  • litter box A box used to provide a soiling area for (usually) pet cats, generally filled with kitty litter, sand, clay chips, etc.
  • sandbox A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting.
  • sandpit A children’s play area consisting of a large container filled with sand.

sandbox — full definition

  1. noun A shallow box filled with sand for children to play in.
  2. noun An isolated environment where software can run safely without affecting the rest of the system.
  3. verb To restrict a program so that it can only run within a limited, isolated environment.

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