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.
Recent Examples on the Web
This followed an incident on October 24 when a free-standing mailbox at a U.S. Postal Office in Phoenix, Arizona, was set on fire.
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
A number of mail-in ballots were also damaged when a U.S. Postal Service mailbox was recently set on fire in Phoenix, Arizona.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2024
Last week, a mailbox outside a Phoenix post office was set on fire, damaging an unknown number of ballots.
—Nicole Chavez, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
The fire was put out and after the mail was recovered, it was discovered that some of the mail-in ballots in the mailbox were completely damaged.
—Madeline Armstrong | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Oct. 2024
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
A number of mail-in ballots were also damaged when a U.S. Postal Service mailbox was recently set on fire in Phoenix, Arizona.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2024
Last week, a mailbox outside a Phoenix post office was set on fire, damaging an unknown number of ballots.
—Nicole Chavez, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
The fire was put out and after the mail was recovered, it was discovered that some of the mail-in ballots in the mailbox were completely damaged.
—Madeline Armstrong | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Oct. 2024
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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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