mailbox

noun

mail·​box ˈmāl-ˌbäks 

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 email 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

Someone stole their mail, knocked down their mailbox and tore down a pole where a Pride flag once flew. —Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2025

April 13 Vandalism: Between 10 p.m. on April 12 and 10:30 a.m. on April 13, someone pried open mailboxes of residences on Belnap Way, Bohlman Road and Kittridge Road. —Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025

In 2006, he was sentenced to three years probation after he was charged with DUI and possession of marijuana for driving his car into a mailbox. —Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025

Many didn’t arrive in taxpayers’ mailboxes until June of 2023, mere weeks before the July 10 deadline to file an appeal. —Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for mailbox

• botox
• checkbox
• comox
• cornstalks
• cowpox
• crosswalks
• deadlocks
• detox
• feedstocks
• firebox
• gearbox
• hemlocks

Kids Definition

mailbox

noun

mail·​box ˈmā(ə)l-ˌbäks 

1

: a public box in which to place outgoing mail

2

: a private box (as on a house) for the delivery of incoming mail

3

: a computer file in which email is collected