English Explanatory Dictionary

out of the box

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. Immediately, without intervention from the customer.
  2. Outside the box; unconventionally: outside the limits of conventional thinking.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: See out of, the, box.

Pronunciation

/æɔt əv ðə bɒks/ /æʊt əv ðə bɒks/ En-au-out of the box.ogg /ʌʊt əv ðə bɑːks/ /aʊt əv ðə bɒks/ /ɘʉt əv ðə bɒks/ /aʊt əv ðə bɑːks/

Word forms

out of the box out-of-the-box

Synonyms

off the shelf laterally outside the box outside of the box OOTB

Related words

knock out of the box

Derived words

out-of-box experience
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