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.
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Officers arrived at the residence at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Monday and inspected the mailbox, police said.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025
The owners then removed the ivy from the mailbox to prevent a return.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2025
Officers arrived at the residence at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Monday and inspected the mailbox, police said.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
But then a sales brochure from a real estate agency hit their mailbox, advertising four new luxury duplex homes — at $1.5 million each — to be built on the now-vacant neighboring lot.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Mailbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mailbox. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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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
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