inbox
/ˈɪnbɒks
/noun
1An electronic folder in which emails received by an individual are held.The unified messaging server gives the user a single in-box for e-mail, voice mail and fax transmissions....
- Anti-spam filtering outfit Brightmail has released a list of the ten most common spam messages assaulting users' in-boxes this year.
- I have just checked the email in-box into which my messages from the various education forums arrive. I used to be able to keep up with them.
1.1North American An in tray.Since I was buried under a mound of paperwork that looked more like a ‘Jinga’ game then an in-box one of my soldiers, SPC Rivers, went along with the convoy....
- One of the local pharmacists had a Yorkie named Ursa who slept in the in-box on his desk.
- Otherwise, your in-box will become a catch-all tray where things go when you want to postpone making a decision.
verb [with object] informal
Send a private message or an email to (someone, typically another member of a social networking website or online forum): I’ll inbox you on Facebook when I get home [with two objects]: could everyone please inbox me their numbers?...
- Inbox me your number.
- Why has some rando American from Ohio with no mutual friends added me on FB and inboxed me?
- Stop inboxing me questions.