Unbox

Full definition of unbox

Verb

1. (transitive) To remove from a box.
• 2005, Andrew Laties, Rebel BooksellerThe booksellers' tasks were to unbox, shelve, and handle cash.
2. (transitive, computing) To retrieve (a value of a primitive type) from the object in which it is boxed.
• 2004, Stephen Teilhet, Jay Hilyard, C# CookbookWhen a boxing or unboxing operation occurs in code, whether it was implicit or explicit, the IL generated includes the box or unbox command.