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

Please don't waste my time filling up the mailbox with big shiny cards that scream doomsday insults about your opponents. —Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026

Someone pried open the mailbox of a residence in the 18000 block of Vessing Road, causing damage estimated at approximately $1,200. —Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026

Cards from community members were dropped in their mailbox, meals and flowers left at their doorstep. —Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026

Letters arrived in the mailbox. —Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026

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