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

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The holiday season means parties, dinners, and gatherings of all kind, and the reasons to cook and plan seem to grow by the day (or at least with every invitation in the inbox). —Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025

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And now, a response to his post had popped up in his inbox. —Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 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