inbox

noun

in·​box ˈin-ˌbäks 

variants or in-box

plural inboxes or in-boxes

1

: a box or tray (as on a desk) for holding incoming interoffice mail

2

: a computer folder devoted to incoming email

One of my favorite rituals soon became scanning our email inbox, looking for your photographs … and reading the letters you sent …

—Amy Virshup

Examples of inbox in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Click here to subscribe and get it in your inbox every Tuesday. —Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025

News alerts in your inbox: Don't miss the important news of the day. —Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025

Also, click here to subscribe to our newsletter bringing our top stories of the week straight to your inbox. —Ronnie Li, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025

Thanks to my job advising nonprofits and wealthy individuals on their philanthropy and fundraising, my inbox was filled with glittering opportunities. —Alisha Fernandez Miranda, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025

Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. —Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Aug. 2025

Get a weekly round up of the top tech stories from around the world in your inbox every Friday. —Dylan Butts, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025

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Click here to have breaking news alerts sent directly to your inbox. —Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

in-box

noun

ˈin-ˌbäks

: a receptacle for incoming letters between offices in an organization

also : a computer folder for incoming email