verb
Meaning 1
To remove from a box.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unbox
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N B AO1 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To retrieve (a value of a primitive type) from the object in which it is boxed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
remove from a box
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- unbox the presents
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: box
Broader terms: unpack, take out
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- English box English unbox From un- + box.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: rozbalit — to remove from a box
- Czech: vybalit — to remove from a box
- Danish: pakke ud — to remove from a box
- Faroese: pakka upp — to remove from a box
- German: (aus einem Karton) auspacken — to remove from a box
- Slovak: rozbaliť — to remove from a box
- Slovak: vybaliť — to remove from a box
- Spanish: desembalar — to remove from a box
- Spanish: desempacar — to remove from a box
- Spanish: desempaquetar — to remove from a box