crop vs sandbox

crop

noun
  • Tin ore prepared for smelting. 

  • The lashing end of a whip. 

  • A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose. 

  • A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time. 

  • A photograph or other image that has been reduced by removing the outer parts. 

  • The foliate part of a finial. 

  • The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree. 

  • An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop. 

  • An outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface. 

  • An entire oxhide. 

  • A rocky outcrop. 

  • A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation; a craw. 

  • A short haircut. 

  • The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants. 

  • A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease. 

  • The act of cropping. 

verb
  • To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better. 

  • To remove the top end of something, especially a plant. 

  • To cause to bear a crop. 

  • To beat with a crop, or riding-whip. 

  • To yield harvest. 

  • To mow, reap or gather. 

  • To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short. 

sandbox

noun
  • A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting. 

  • An animal's litter box. 

  • A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper. 

  • The Middle East. 

  • A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand. 

  • A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content. 

  • A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs onto the rails in front of the driving wheels, to prevent slipping. 

  • An isolated area where a program can be executed with a restricted portion of the resources available. 

verb
  • To restrict (a program, etc.) by placing it in a sandbox. 

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