mail slot
5
2.8
- noun
- /meɪl slɑt/
- US
:
buzón
- In mid-January, I discovered a letter for "Xavia," neatly typed, in a plain white envelope slipped into my mail slot.
- mail slot in the door
- envelope through the mail slot
- note through the mail slot
The extension cords couldn't go through the mail slot of the front door for the for the generator.
- The extension cords couldn't go through the mail slot of the front door for the for the generator.
Examples
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Just shove the envelope inside the mail slot, okay?
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The next day, at the college, he finds a note in his mail slot from the dean.
Fiction book (1994) -
And I found this in your mail slot.
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How was this delivered? - Found it in the mail slot.
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Should have slipped it through the mail slot while you had the chance, Earl.
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Harry slipped the handful of mail into the mail slot.
Fiction book (1991) -
The letter arrived during the night while he slept, dropped through the front-door mail slot.
Fiction book (1996) -
On the floor of his apartment, stuffed through the mail slot, was the usual junk mail, a few magazines, and the monthly bills.
Fiction book (1994) -
There are three red envelopes on the floor by the mail slot, like red stains in the snow.
Fiction book (1996) -
The postman delivered a letter through the mail slot in the door.
Synonyms
111
1.0
A box outside a home or on the street where mail is delivered
53
2.3
A narrow opening for putting things in, like cards or coins
2
1.5
A slot in a door or wall where mail is put
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Morphology
Etymology
Mail slot comes from the simple image of a narrow opening in a door where a postman pushed 'letters' through the slot. The name joins mail and slot, so today it means 'a small opening in a door for mail'.