mailbox
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- noun
- /ˈmeɪlˌbɑks/
- US
:
buzón
- You then take the letter to the mailbox and drop it in.
You then take the letter to the mailbox and drop it in.
- You then take the letter to the mailbox and drop it in.
- So how many, how many mailboxes were in that first location?
- I bet you they're going to cross the street to reach that mailbox.
Examples
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I found a package in my mailbox and it has my name on it and it might be the dice.
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The Lincoln approaches on a dirt road and passes a mailbox with the name "BAXTER" on it.
Fiction book (1993) -
How do they know what mailbox to put my stuff in?
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I want to rent a mailbox.
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At the end of each week, the form is placed in our school mailbox or on our desk.
Academic text (2012) -
She was walking to the mailbox.
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I went to the mailbox and waited for Della to come down the road.
Fiction book (1993) -
You lean against the mailbox for support and look up at the vast immensities of the stars.
Fiction book (1993) -
He said one of his goals was to get more mutual fund statements in his mailbox than bills.
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She checked her mailbox for any letters from her friends.
Synonyms
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A numbered box at a post office where you receive and collect your mail
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A numbered box at a post office where you collect your mail
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A narrow opening in a door for putting letters and small packages through
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A slot in a door or wall where mail is put
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A public box where people put letters and mail to be collected
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A box or slot at a house where mail is delivered
A box where people put letters or small packages for someone to collect
How Secure
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word mailbox is made of the parts mail and box. Mail was once a word for a 'bag' used to carry letters, and a box is a place to put things, so a mailbox is the place where the mail carrier leaves your letters.