unboxv.
transitive. To take out of a box.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > take out of other specific thing
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desböeter, to vnbox, or take out of a box.
1817 J. Keats Let. in Wks. (1889) III. 51 I went and unbox'd a Shakespeare.
1864 P. M. Irving Life & Lett. W. Irving IV. 31 He brought home also a picture... After tea he took mallet and chisel, and proceeded to unbox it.
1883 Standard 10 Aug. 2/1 Minehead reached, horses were quickly unboxed.
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