Dictionary Definition
mailbox
Noun
1 a private box for delivery of mail [syn:
letter
box]
2 public box for deposit of mail [syn: postbox, letter
box]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- A box into which mail is put
Translations
box into which mail is put
- Czech: poštovní schránka
- Finnish: postilaatikko
- German: Briefkasten
- Hungarian: postaláda
- Japanese: (yūbinbako)
- Spanish: buzón
- Thai: ตู้จดหมาย (too-chot-mai), ตู้ไปรษณีย์ (too-prai-sa-nee)
Extensive Definition
Mailbox may refer to:
- Letter box, a physical box or slot for incoming mail
- Post box, a physical box for outgoing mail
- Pigeonhole messagebox, e.g. a teacher's "mailbox"
- Email Mailbox or Voicemail mailbox
- Mailbox (computing), a kind of message queue
- The Mailbox, an office, shop and restaurant building in Birmingham, England
- Prop-wash diverter, a device used in underwater archaeology
mailbox in German: Mailbox
mailbox in Russian: Почтовый ящик
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