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

The fraud spree came crashing down on May 12, 2017, when an Elk Grove resident on Nestani Way called police to report a suspicious person taking envelopes from a neighbor's mailbox. — Benjy Egel, sacbee, "Sacramento man gets nearly four years in prison for Postal Service scam | The Sacramento Bee," 30 Apr. 2018 The tokens and trinkets from all over the world left nearly daily in our school mailboxes? — Loren Kleinman And Amye Archer, Marie Claire, "I’m a Survivor of Sandy Hook. This Is What The Past Six Years Have Been Like.," 14 Dec. 2018 But loyal primary voters will likely find ads in their mailboxes or on the screens of their electronic devices as Election Day nears. — Rich Exner, cleveland.com, "Campaign for Ohio congressional redistricting reform is low-profile and low-budget," 18 Apr. 2018 The proposal to license access to mailboxes was one of the ideas for using existing assets to find new revenue. — Heidi Vogt, WSJ, "U.S. Proposal Would Let Postal Service Sell Access to Your Mailbox," 11 Dec. 2018 The large window in the letter disclosed John Doe’s status to the public, postal employees, friends, neighbors and members of the household who retrieved the letter from the mailbox and later left it on the kitchen counter, the lawsuit alleges. — Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Person with HIV sues Aetna in Orange County," 11 July 2018 In April, one ended up in the mailbox of Christina McLean, a Collingswood resident for nearly two decades. — Caitlin Mccabe, Philly.com, "Collingswood begins shutting down Airbnbs, as cities and towns worldwide struggle to regulate it," 27 June 2018 When springtime came around and application letters starting popping up in mailboxes and email notifications, I was accepted into 16 universities and waitlisted at 2. — Fresh U, Teen Vogue, "I Applied to 25 Colleges — Here's What I Learned," 25 Sep. 2018 Not long after, the check arrived in Mason’s mailbox. — Nicole Brodeur, The Seattle Times, "How Paul Allen quietly saved an Orcas Island preschool," 19 Oct. 2018

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