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unbox

verb

Etymology

From un- + box.

  1. derived from Boxenstopp
  2. derived from pyxis
  3. derived from buxis
  4. inherited from *buhsā✻
  5. inherited from box
  6. inherited from box — “container, box, cup”
  7. formed as unbox — “un- + box”

Definitions

  1. To remove from a box.

    • The booksellers' tasks were to unbox, shelve, and handle cash.
    • Clips in which children’s toys are unboxed are some of the most popular videos on YouTube.

  2. To retrieve (a value of a primitive type) from the object in which it is boxed.

    • When a boxing or unboxing operation occurs in code, whether it was implicit or explicit, the IL generated includes the box or unbox command.

The neighborhood

  • antonympackantonym(s) of “remove from a box”
  • antonymbox upantonym(s) of “remove from a box”

Derived

unboxing

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unbox. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA