mother vs sandbox

mother

noun
  • A locomotive which provides electrical power for a slug. 

  • A female parent, sometimes especially a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered). 

  • A female who has given birth to a baby; this person in relation to her child or children. 

  • The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed. 

  • A striking example. 

  • Dregs, lees; a stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting of acetobacters) which develops in fermenting alcoholic liquids (such as wine, or cider), and turns the alcohol into acetic acid with the help of oxygen from the air. 

  • Motherfucker. 

  • The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc. 

  • A female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone. 

  • A pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be; a female who gestates a baby. 

  • A source or origin. 

  • A disc produced from the electrotyped master, used in manufacturing phonograph records. 

  • Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.) 

  • A female ancestor. 

  • Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community. 

  • Any person or entity which performs mothering. 

verb
  • To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture. 

  • To develop mother. 

  • To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.) 

  • To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”). 

sandbox

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

  • 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. 

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

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

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

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