mailbox

noun mail·box \ -ˌbäks \

|Updated on: 9 Aug 2018

Examples: mailbox in a Sentence

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

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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 of mailbox from the Web

Yellow flyers from the International Rescue Committee peeked out of mailboxes.

— maria l. la ganga, idahostatesman, "She's 6, 'a bright, happy little girl.' Stabbed in Boise. Her brother and mother too.," 2 July 2018
In 1978, an ex-journalist investigating Synanon, a California drug rehab program that became a cult, was treated to a rattlesnake in his mailbox.

— anna orso, Philly.com, "Following Annapolis shooting, journalists contemplate angry readers, death threats and backlash," 29 June 2018
Baltimore County’s Democratic voters are being slammed with information about gun control: flyers in their mailboxes, e-mails in their inboxes, ads on their TVs.

— pamela wood, baltimoresun.com, "Gun control dominates race for Baltimore County executive even as office lacks say over weapons," 21 June 2018
Alderman passed another ordinance amendment this week, this one to prevent stopping, standing and parking in front of mailboxes and interfering with mail delivery.

— steve lord, Aurora Beacon-News, "Aurora amends noise ordinance to include rules for live music at home parties," 14 June 2018
Their road didn’t have a street sign, but the cluster of neighborhood mailboxes at the end of road served as landmark.

— sarah wu, The Seattle Times, "How new artwork is meant to recall life before the deadly Oso landslide," 9 June 2018
On the side of the mailbox are angel wings painted in orange, Wesley's favorite color, WTKR reported.

— joe marusak, charlotteobserver, "Boy was swept away at sea. Outer Banks town dedicates ‘mailbox of hope’ to his memory | Charlotte Observer," 25 May 2018
Downstairs, a shipment of several dozen new mailboxes had recently arrived.

— rachel aviv, The New Yorker, "The “Cadillac of Mailboxes” Arrives in N.Y.C.," 30 Apr. 2018
The trunk of a brick mailbox stands like ruins in the grass.

— aaron gilbreath, Longreads, "Use and Abuse," 19 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of mailbox

1868

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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MAILBOX Defined for English Language Learners

mailbox

noun

Definition of mailbox for English Language Learners

: a public box in which letters and packages are placed to be collected and sent out
: a private box on or near a house in which mail is placed when it is delivered
computers : a computer folder that holds e-mail