sandbox
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- noun
- /ˈsændbɑks/
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- She watched her toddler play happily with a shovel in the sandbox.
Are your kids bored with their normal sandbox, their quicksand box?
- Are your kids bored with their normal sandbox, their quicksand box?
- You know, you, you observe a child playing with trucks in the sandbox and, and we say, oh, you know, they're going to become a contractor.
- the conservationist in the sandbox that you play in
Examples
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The children laughed and built castles in the sandbox at the park.
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Because when you put kids into a sandbox, the most important thing is that they play nice with each other.
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In fact, they are like in a sandbox where kids come together and they start to play.
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When I was a kid, a sandbox was a big deal.
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Therefore, the sandbox is a particularly important space in the playrooms.
Academic text (2008) -
Four and five-year-olds play happily in a sandbox outside their preschool, which borders the Columbia National Forest.
Fiction book (1995) -
Day Care Center - Rearview - Reston, VA - Morning children play in a sandbox.
Fiction book (1993) -
Winder to reveal - Charlie, a three-year-old boy, plays in a sandbox with his favorite toy dinosaurs.
Fiction book (2001) -
Miles had quit spinning the merry-go-round and was undertaking a small excavation in the sandbox near the swings.
Fiction book (1990) -
After playing for hours, the kids covered themselves in sand from the sandbox.
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Etymology
The word sandbox comes from the two simple parts sand and box, meaning a 'box of sand' where children play. That's why a sandbox is a place for making sand castles and digging tunnels.