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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Kids will love these little Dabney Lee mailboxes to store all of their special notes from friends.
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Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2026
In the inside part of the apartment building’s mailbox — accessible only to building management and mail carriers — law enforcement found notes indicating that mail should be delivered to Cynthia’s apartment for several of the pseudonyms used in the scheme, authorities said.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Instead of indicating the date that mail was dropped into a mailbox or at a post office counter, a postmark will now reflect the date the envelope is first processed by a sorting machine.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Over the next 10 months, Colorado voters can expect to see millions of dollars’ worth of ads fill airwaves and mailboxes as supporters of candidates and causes — some disclosed, others anonymous — seek to push their point of view.
—The Denver Post, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
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Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2026
In the inside part of the apartment building’s mailbox — accessible only to building management and mail carriers — law enforcement found notes indicating that mail should be delivered to Cynthia’s apartment for several of the pseudonyms used in the scheme, authorities said.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Instead of indicating the date that mail was dropped into a mailbox or at a post office counter, a postmark will now reflect the date the envelope is first processed by a sorting machine.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Over the next 10 months, Colorado voters can expect to see millions of dollars’ worth of ads fill airwaves and mailboxes as supporters of candidates and causes — some disclosed, others anonymous — seek to push their point of view.
—The Denver Post, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Mailbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mailbox. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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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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