mailbox
noun
mail·box
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Definition of mailbox
1
: a box at or near a dwelling for the occupant's mail
2
: a public box for deposit of outgoing mail
3
: a computer file in which e-mail is collected
Examples of mailbox in a Sentence
On the way to work, I dropped my letters in the corner mailbox.
She checked her mailbox daily, hoping for a letter from her son.
Recent Examples on the Web
Property damage: Blakley Drive Officers checked on a report Aug. 25 of a group of youths that had knocked down a residential mailbox and proceeded into the city park. — cleveland.com, "Boyfriend arrested for abduction: Highland Heights Police Blotter," 29 Aug. 2019 One number sent callers to a mailbox thatâs already full, while another line appeared to be off the hook. — Josie Sexton, The Know, "Popeyesâ viral chicken sandwich is gone (for now), but some Colorado locations still have a few," 27 Aug. 2019 Mile after mile of flat scrub was interrupted only by the occasional tree rising like a stark sculpture, a mailbox fashioned out of an eight-gallon drum, or a silent township with little more than a gas station. — David Maurice Smith, Smithsonian, "A 42,000-Year-Old Man Finally Goes Home," 23 Aug. 2019 Put a nice mailbox and a nice sign for your door ... — Andria Cheng, USA TODAY, "Want to boost your home's curb appeal before putting it up for sale? Follow these rules," 12 Aug. 2019 Osment lost control of his 1995 Saturn at around 1 a.m., hit a mailbox on a brick base and flipped over. — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE.com, "The Sixth Sense Turns 20 Today: See How Star Haley Joel Osment Has Grown," 6 Aug. 2019 Above a mailbox where people can submit applications for tree thinning, a paper sign cautions that the wait list currently has more than 200 applicants. — AZCentral.com, "Of small communities across 11 states, more than 500 have a higher wildfire hazard potential than Paradise, Calif.," 23 July 2019 Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov told reporters following the meeting that the hackers behind the breach contacted local media using a mailbox from a Russian domain. — Fox News, "Millions of Bulgarians' personal data hacked; Russian link suspected," 17 July 2019 Cancel the catalogs Nothing fills up space inside a mailbox quite like those massive retail sales catalogs. — Perry Vandell, azcentral, "Drowning in junk mail? Here are some tips to get rid of it," 1 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mailbox.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for mailbox
mailbox
noun
English Language Learners Definition of mailbox
chiefly US
: a public box in which letters and packages are placed to be collected and sent out
: a private box on or near a house in which mail is placed when it is delivered
computers
: a computer folder that holds e-mail
See the full definition for mailbox in the English Language Learners Dictionary
mailbox
noun
mail·box
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Kids Definition of mailbox
1
: a public box in which to place outgoing letters
2
: a private box (as on a house) for the delivery of incoming letters
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