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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And the same data that sends a flood of Medicare mailers to your mailbox is the same data that lands your name and phone number on a scammer's calling sheet.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
The post office has done it again, asking that food donations for Stamp Out Hunger be put at your mailbox the second Saturday in May.
—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Neighbors shared a slew of security camera footage from various incidents, showing masked suspects approaching their homes and stealing packages, taking things from truck beds and breaking into mailboxes.
—Zach Boetto, CBS News, 14 May 2026
The Emerson College poll comes as ballots hit mailboxes earlier this month and early voting has gotten underway.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
The post office has done it again, asking that food donations for Stamp Out Hunger be put at your mailbox the second Saturday in May.
—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Neighbors shared a slew of security camera footage from various incidents, showing masked suspects approaching their homes and stealing packages, taking things from truck beds and breaking into mailboxes.
—Zach Boetto, CBS News, 14 May 2026
The Emerson College poll comes as ballots hit mailboxes earlier this month and early voting has gotten underway.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 13 May 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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