Mailbox is an English word with synonyms like box or postbox. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Mailbox meaning
- A box into which mail is placed.
- A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.
Using Mailbox
- The main meaning on this page is: A box into which mail is placed. | A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose. | A box into which mail is placed.
- Useful related words include: letter box, box, postbox, maildrop.
- In the example corpus, mailbox often appears in combinations such as: the mailbox, mailbox and, your mailbox.
Context around Mailbox
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mailbox
- In this selection, "mailbox" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, same, current, trash, stuffers, went and system stand out and add context to how "mailbox" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in your mailbox and user s mailbox on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mailbox" sits close to words such as airship, anal and annihilation, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mailbox
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Don’t let incoming or outgoing mail sit in your mailbox. (11 words)
She hasn’t and the letter we left in her mailbox went ignored. (13 words)
Then tap in the upper-left corner and tap an account's Trash mailbox. (14 words)
Emails are stored in the user's mailbox on the remote server until the user's email client requests them to be downloaded to the user's computer, or can otherwise access the user's mailbox on the possibly remote server. (41 words)
On June 8, I went to the main post office at Union Station and talked with two executives because 20 payments in envelopes with the correct postage—placed into that facility’s mailbox on May 14—had yet to be cashed. (41 words)
To participate, residents are encouraged to leave a sturdy bag containing non-perishable foods next to their mailbox prior to the time of regular mail delivery on Saturday, May 13. Your letter carrier will take care of the rest. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Are they placed in the way that takes the place of a mailbox, where someone who may not have access to a mailbox can return their ballot?" she told CBS News.
Emails are stored in the user's mailbox on the remote server until the user's email client requests them to be downloaded to the user's computer, or can otherwise access the user's mailbox on the possibly remote server.
Multiple clients simultaneously connected to the same mailbox The POP protocol requires the currently connected client to be the only client connected to the mailbox.
Alternatively, you can give your current mailbox a fresh coat of paint and add decorative details such as stenciling or decals to make it truly stand out.
A mailbox in the Millcreek’s Mount Olympus neighborhood is caught between a rock and an equally hard rock.
Don’t let incoming or outgoing mail sit in your mailbox.
Each helper is being asked to commit to a single walk or mailbox for one of our seniors.
He placed a ransom note in the family’s mailbox on Monday morning, leaving behind a fingerprint that led authorities to discover his identity and location and to make the subsequent arrest.
I wish all the mailbox stuffers would be required to receive permission before sending me junk mail.
Once that's done, simply wait for a check to show up in your mailbox.
On June 8, I went to the main post office at Union Station and talked with two executives because 20 payments in envelopes with the correct postage—placed into that facility’s mailbox on May 14—had yet to be cashed.
She hasn’t and the letter we left in her mailbox went ignored.
Then tap in the upper-left corner and tap an account's Trash mailbox.
The server was part of an internal mailbox system storing about three terabytes of internal military emails.
This process may take some time, depending on the size of your mailbox and the number of emails.
Tony guided us past Broad Street and all the way up to the Mailbox, entertaining us with tales of his youth and Birmingham's past all the while.
To participate, residents are encouraged to leave a sturdy bag containing non-perishable foods next to their mailbox prior to the time of regular mail delivery on Saturday, May 13. Your letter carrier will take care of the rest.
Until now, the place has only lived in the imagination and outside the station in a mailbox modeled after it.
When not coaching and inspiring others, Springfield makes homemade greeting cards which, as a recipient of one of her cards, are a joy to see in your mailbox.
A canalside former Typhoo tea factory in the Digbeth district will be the new home of its radio, TV and news teams in the city which are currently based in the Mailbox complex.
Common combinations with mailbox
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the mailbox 32×
- mailbox and 15×
- your mailbox 12×
- mailbox on 8×
- mailbox is 7×
- mailbox in 6×
- in mailbox 5×
- mailbox at 5×
- our mailbox 5×
- of mailbox 4×