mailbox
pronunciation
How to pronounce mailbox in British English:
UK [ˈmeɪlbɒks]
How to pronounce mailbox in American English:
US [ˈmeɪlbɑːks]
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- Noun:
- a private box for delivery of mail
- public box for deposit of mail
Word Origin
- mailbox (n.)
- also mail-box, 1797, "box for mailbags on a coach," from mail (n.1) + box (n.1). Meaning "letterbox" is from 1853, American English.
Example
- 1. Have you seen anyone near my mailbox ?
- 2. Steve had picked up all the ballots and dropped them in the nearest mailbox .
- 3. Maybe there 's a deadline bearing down on you like a freight train , or an unpaid bill that keeps reappearing in your mailbox .
- 4. A week later , I opened my apartment mailbox and recognized my father 's handwriting on an envelope .
- 5. Family members meeting by their mailbox . You should pick two meeting places , one close to your home and one farther away .