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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Someone stole their mail, knocked down their mailbox and tore down a pole where a Pride flag once flew.
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Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2025
April 13 Vandalism: Between 10 p.m. on April 12 and 10:30 a.m. on April 13, someone pried open mailboxes of residences on Belnap Way, Bohlman Road and Kittridge Road.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
In 2006, he was sentenced to three years probation after he was charged with DUI and possession of marijuana for driving his car into a mailbox.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
Many didn’t arrive in taxpayers’ mailboxes until June of 2023, mere weeks before the July 10 deadline to file an appeal.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025
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Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2025
April 13 Vandalism: Between 10 p.m. on April 12 and 10:30 a.m. on April 13, someone pried open mailboxes of residences on Belnap Way, Bohlman Road and Kittridge Road.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
In 2006, he was sentenced to three years probation after he was charged with DUI and possession of marijuana for driving his car into a mailbox.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
Many didn’t arrive in taxpayers’ mailboxes until June of 2023, mere weeks before the July 10 deadline to file an appeal.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Mailbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mailbox. Accessed 29 Apr. 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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