mailboxnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmeɪl.bɒks/us/ˈmeɪl.bɑːks/in the US, a box outside a person's house where letters are put
US UK letterbox, postbox a metal container in the street or other public place in which you can put letters for them to be collected and sent to someone else
the place on a computer screen that shows new emails that have arrived:
Look out for our emails in your electronic mailbox.
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Communications - the postal system
- certified mail
- consign
- direct mail
- express
- letterbox
- mail slot
- mailbag
- mass mailing
- p. and p.
- parcel post
- pillar box
- pin code
- PO
- postmaster
- shipping and handling
- snail mail
- surface mail
- window
- zip code
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