Definitions for mailbox

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mailbox mail·box

Spelling: [meyl-boks]

IPA: /ˈmeɪlˌbɒks/

Mailbox is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 145 anagrams from letters in mailbox (abilmox).

Definitions for mailbox

noun

1. a public box in which mail is placed for pickup and delivery by the post office.
2. a private box, as at a home, into which mail is delivered by the mail carrier.
3. Computers. a file for storing electronic mail.

Origin of mailbox

First recorded in 1800-10; mail¹ + box¹

Examples for mailbox

There he was observed opening a mailbox, and the name thereon was duly recorded.

He'd checked the mailbox beside the front porch but there'd been no name.

He remembered the mail and raised the window and reached down into the mailbox.

And when I opened up her mailbox—before me stood hundreds of fraudulent charges.

This is the key to the mailbox which is located in the main post office in the city on Ervay Street.

You didn't happen to notice whether the mailbox flag was up, did you?

How do you deal with the flurry of invitations and requests that fills your mailbox—especially when you are notoriously reclusive?

Oscar's the one who actual put it in the mailbox and stole the stamp!

mailbox enables me to keep up with the constant barrage of email, making sure that nothing goes unseen.

Ferracci has said his name is on the mailbox only because his children, who live with their mother, share his name.