postbox

noun

post·​box ˈpōs(t)-ˌbäks 

: mailbox

especially : a public mailbox

Examples of postbox in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Union Jacks flap gently in the breeze; a golden slither of evening sun drapes a row of cottages; a red postbox, still bearing the initials of the late Queen, stands outside a village church, bathed in the fading light. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025

Knitting woolly postbox toppers, popular in the United Kingdom, in the shape of soldiers and tanks. — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024

Oxford anti-royalists exchanged missives in a certain postbox made inconspicuous by the fact that men often stopped to pee near it. — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024

If this was somewhat unclear, a postbox of the committee is assumed to be a thenar burma. — Jay Pilgreen, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024

In a way, those traditions continue today; Olympic winners hailing from Great Britain can receive stamps featuring their image and the postbox of their hometown in gold. — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1754, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for postbox

• botox
• checkbox
• comox
• cornstalks
• cowpox
• crosswalks
• deadlocks
• detox
• feedstocks
• gearbox
• hemlocks
• icebox