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

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

Get a weekly roundup of news from India in your inbox every Thursday. —Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2025

Get more East Valley news straight into your email inbox by signing up for our free weekly East Valley Newsletter, which comes out on Wednesdays. —Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025

Catch it in your inbox every Thursday. —Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025

Apart from the aforementioned Gmail Lead Finder, HoneyBook offers a Chrome extension that enables you to add new contacts and projects straight from your inbox—at least in theory. —Alison Barretta, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025

The account that, among other things, opens the sensitive data vault that is your Gmail inbox. —Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025

Subscribe to our free newsletter to get your unique weekly horoscope delivered straight to your inbox. —Jordan Greene, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025

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