"unbox" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: unboxes [present, singular, third-person], unboxing [participle, present], unboxed [participle, past], unboxed [past]
Etymology: From un- + box. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|box}} un- + box Head templates: {{en-verb}} unbox (third-person singular simple present unboxes, present participle unboxing, simple past and past participle unboxed)
  1. (transitive) To remove from a box. Tags: transitive Synonyms (remove from a box): unpack, uncase, undo Translations (to remove from a box): pakke ud (Danish), pakka upp (Faroese), (aus einem Karton) auspacken (German), rozbaliť (Slovak), vybaliť (Slovak), desembalar (Spanish), desempacar (Spanish), desempaquetar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-unbox-en-verb-0gHeNceP Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'remove from a box': 93 7 Disambiguation of 'to remove from a box': 94 6
  2. (transitive, computing) To retrieve (a value of a primitive type) from the object in which it is boxed. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-unbox-en-verb-NZEh52vg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 46 54 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unboxing

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to remove from a box",
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