mailbox

noun

mail·box | \-ˌbäks

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

In 2004, 16 years after April's death, the killer left threatening notes, photos and used condoms on three girl's bicycles and in a mailbox in the Fort Wayne area. — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, "Indiana child killer who taunted police featured on Investigation Discovery," 13 July 2018 Barnett reported that in 2016, 65 mailboxes were damaged, compared to 89 in 2017 and 64 already in the first two months of 2018. — Brian Lisik/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "Brunswick road salt levels OK -- for now," 13 Feb. 2018 In other news: An ice cream truck driver was arrested after an alert teenager spotted him appearing to steal mail from the family's mailbox, police said. — Zachary Hansen, ajc, "Police believe Tennessee man wanted for attempted homicide is in Atlanta," 22 June 2018 After more than a year of campaigning, mailboxes filled to the brim with candidate literature and seemingly non-stop political commercials, voters will now have 13 hours to cast a ballot for their preferred candidates. — Joshua Stewart, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Voting today? He's what you need to do to make it easy," 5 June 2018 These groups — which are producing much of the political advertising that’s filling mailboxes and video screens these days — are having an outsized influence in California’s primary. — John Wildermuth, San Francisco Chronicle, "How California political ads fool voters, while candidates keep hands clean," 30 May 2018 The Shoshone Police Department closed the 300 block of North Carmen Street on Wednesday after finding a homemade bomb had exploded in a mailbox, according to the Times-News. — Times-news, idahostatesman, "Homemade bomb explodes in Shoshone mailbox, area is cordoned off," 12 July 2018 Sentencing for six members of an Anchorage theft ring that stole checks and credit cards from mailboxes to raise money and exchange drugs concluded this week, the U.S. attorney's office said Friday. — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, "Members of Anchorage mail-theft ring get up to 6 years’ prison time," 6 July 2018 Those letters will begin to arrive in the mailboxes of Lake County homeowners this week, according to the statement. — Frank Abderholden, Lake County News-Sun, "Push is on for governor to sign bill allowing referendum for electing Lake County assessor," 15 June 2018

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