mailbox
/ˈmeɪlbɒks
/noun
1North American A box into which mail is delivered, especially one mounted on a post at the entrance to a person’s property.If you suspect mail theft, get a lockable mailbox or rent a Post Office box....
- The mailbox on its wooden post had been re-decorated numerous times, each time being adorned with a different design.
- Several mailboxes to serve adjacent properties were placed under a roofed structure on the sidewalk across the road from the house.
1.1North American A postbox.He sealed, addressed, and stamped it before tucking it under his pocket and going for a brief walk down to the nearest public mailbox....
- Plus, I also have to have a reason to get out of the house so I can drop it off in a public mailbox.
- American postage stamps honouring the occasion mark the envelopes of Christmas cards that I cannot send from La Guardia Airport because the slots on all mailboxes are welded shut in the airport.
1.2A computer file in which email messages received by a particular user are stored.Email systems store messages in mailboxes with electronic addresses, which receivers check from time to time....
- When I make a mistake, my mailbox begins filling with emails from readers within a few short minutes - and I almost always fix up the problem straight away.
- Spam is up fivefold over the past 18 months, leaving the electronic mailboxes of Internet users jammed with billions of unwanted commercial e-mails.
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