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unbox en · VERB

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- Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos) Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs) Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor. Late Latin buxisbor. Proto-West Germanic *buhsā Old English box Middle English box English box English unbox From un- + box.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To remove from a box.
   • Clips in which children’s toys are unboxed are some of the most popular videos on YouTube. 2014 December 16, Alex Frank, “Happy Unboxing Day! A Small Guide to the Very Large World of Unboxing Videos”, in Vogue:
   • The booksellers' tasks were to unbox, shelve, and handle cash. 2005, Andrew Laties, Rebel Bookseller:
2. (transitive) 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. 2004, Stephen Teilhet, Jay Hilyard, C# Cookbook:

Forms

Antonyms

pack (antonym(s) of “remove from a box”) · box up (antonym(s) of “remove from a box”)

Deriveds

unboxing · unboxable · unboxer

Synonyms

unpack (remove from a box) · uncase (remove from a box) · undo (remove from a box)

Translations (10)

es desempacar (to remove from a box) · es desempaquetar (to remove from a box) · fo pakka upp (to remove from a box) · cs vybalit (to remove from a box) · cs rozbalit (to remove from a box) · es desembalar (to remove from a box) · da pakke ud (to remove from a box) · de (aus einem Karton) auspacken (to remove from a box) · sk rozbaliť (to remove from a box) · sk vybaliť (to remove from a box)