Mailbox
noun
A box outside your house where letters are delivered.
The postman drops the letters into the mailbox every morning.
Often appears as...
- check the mailbox
- open the mailbox
noun
An area on a computer where email is received.
I deleted all the spam from my mailbox.
Often appears as...
- check the mailbox
- open the mailbox
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Technical
noun
A box outside your house where letters are delivered.
The postman drops the letters into the mailbox every morning.
Often appears as...
- check the mailbox
- open the mailbox
noun
An area on a computer where email is received.
I deleted all the spam from my mailbox.
Often appears as...
- check the mailbox
- open the mailbox
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
A mailbox is a tangible container often found near the street; made for receiving physical mail.
She painted her mailbox red to stand out.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Address
A mailbox represents a personal address, it's where someone sends items meant specifically for you.
He sent the wedding invitation to their mailbox.
Pro Tip 3/3Privacy Respect
It's considered private property and a federal offense in many places to tamper with someone's mailbox.
Tampering with a neighbor's mailbox can lead to serious trouble.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
A mailbox is a tangible container often found near the street; made for receiving physical mail.
She painted her mailbox red to stand out.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Address
A mailbox represents a personal address, it's where someone sends items meant specifically for you.
He sent the wedding invitation to their mailbox.
Pro Tip 3/3Privacy Respect
It's considered private property and a federal offense in many places to tamper with someone's mailbox.
Tampering with a neighbor's mailbox can lead to serious trouble.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
A mailbox is a tangible container often found near the street; made for receiving physical mail.
She painted her mailbox red to stand out.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Address
A mailbox represents a personal address, it's where someone sends items meant specifically for you.
He sent the wedding invitation to their mailbox.
Pro Tip 3/3Privacy Respect
It's considered private property and a federal offense in many places to tamper with someone's mailbox.
Tampering with a neighbor's mailbox can lead to serious trouble.
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Storytelling can be...
know samantha has a party is an exception not everyone is out there conning but my cynicism has actually kind of paid off in the sense that you know I have an alert out for all the con artists I wrote about including Sammy just to see you know will they rise again and a few weeks ago I got an alert in my mailbox I think she probably knew
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Success, failure and the...
So for almost six years, every single day, I had nothing but rejection letters waiting for me in my mailbox. And it was devastating every single time, and every single time, I had to ask myself if I should just quit while I was behind and give up and spare myself this pain. But then I would find my resolve, and always in the same way,
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Camaro vs. Z PIPE National...
for emergency braking you said point point yet hands out hands out and drop if you leave before that dude I'm not chasing you you understand I'm cooler yeah yeah yeah just you know what you got you guys everybody if you lose you pay notice I didn't pass the mailbox out of nowhere was AB
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Hannah Brencher: Love...
who barely even knew her own coffee order, to write them a love letter and give them a reason to wait by the mailbox. Well, today I fuel a global organization that is fueled by those trips to the mailbox, fueled by the ways in which we can harness social media
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Finding Baby Seals on an...
But luckily, we've got this thing. This 19th century mailbox, with these slits, is is literally the perfect hide, and those males making that call behind. I reckon if we go in there, we might be able to get that shoulder. let's go. It's ideal isn't it?
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The Chunking Trick PIPE...
dragging him by his pants to the mailbox now take a moment to burn that scene into your brain okay what were those five items we listed chances are you remembered all of them but creating vivid images isn't the only way to boost your memory as you're
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The beauty of being a...
Actually, it came to my mailbox in the form of a letter that said I'd won a giant literary prize for a short story I had written. The short story was about my life as a competitive swimmer and about my crappy home life,
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Inmates Make Oyster...
this all started by a flyer we had seen in the mailbox which originally it was going to be four cages I said we can take more than that eight and then it grew to ten so we've run ten cages for
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The first secret of...
Sometimes, those questions are smart. My son came to me the other day and I asked him, "Go run out to the mailbox and check it." He looked at me, puzzled, and said,
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What you need to know...
And then I went to lunch. Ten thousand retweets later, I had accidentally started a project. So every morning, I woke up and my mailbox was full.
Video examples
Storytelling can be...
know samantha has a party is an exception not everyone is out there conning but my cynicism has actually kind of paid off in the sense that you know I have an alert out for all the con artists I wrote about including Sammy just to see you know will they rise again and a few weeks ago I got an alert in my mailbox I think she probably knew
Video examples
Success, failure and the...
So for almost six years, every single day, I had nothing but rejection letters waiting for me in my mailbox. And it was devastating every single time, and every single time, I had to ask myself if I should just quit while I was behind and give up and spare myself this pain. But then I would find my resolve, and always in the same way,
Video examples
Camaro vs. Z PIPE National...
for emergency braking you said point point yet hands out hands out and drop if you leave before that dude I'm not chasing you you understand I'm cooler yeah yeah yeah just you know what you got you guys everybody if you lose you pay notice I didn't pass the mailbox out of nowhere was AB
Video examples
Hannah Brencher: Love...
who barely even knew her own coffee order, to write them a love letter and give them a reason to wait by the mailbox. Well, today I fuel a global organization that is fueled by those trips to the mailbox, fueled by the ways in which we can harness social media
Video examples
Finding Baby Seals on an...
But luckily, we've got this thing. This 19th century mailbox, with these slits, is is literally the perfect hide, and those males making that call behind. I reckon if we go in there, we might be able to get that shoulder. let's go. It's ideal isn't it?
Video examples
The Chunking Trick PIPE...
dragging him by his pants to the mailbox now take a moment to burn that scene into your brain okay what were those five items we listed chances are you remembered all of them but creating vivid images isn't the only way to boost your memory as you're
Video examples
The beauty of being a...
Actually, it came to my mailbox in the form of a letter that said I'd won a giant literary prize for a short story I had written. The short story was about my life as a competitive swimmer and about my crappy home life,
Video examples
Inmates Make Oyster...
this all started by a flyer we had seen in the mailbox which originally it was going to be four cages I said we can take more than that eight and then it grew to ten so we've run ten cages for
Video examples
The first secret of...
Sometimes, those questions are smart. My son came to me the other day and I asked him, "Go run out to the mailbox and check it." He looked at me, puzzled, and said,
Video examples
What you need to know...
And then I went to lunch. Ten thousand retweets later, I had accidentally started a project. So every morning, I woke up and my mailbox was full.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Lauren Gibbs
American Athlete
It is funny, the things you miss about a more conventional lifestyle. I miss seemingly mundane tasks, like cleaning the kitchen, moving my furniture around to achieve just the right look, and checking the mailbox. I miss making my bed in the morning before work.
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George Perez
American Writer
Because several 'Titans' characters have been used in video games, I've got royalty checks for six figures. And I had no knowledge of this until I opened the mailbox, because I don't follow the video game world!
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Rachel Campos-Duffy
American Entertainer
Competition works. Ask any parent if their child will run faster from the house to the mailbox if he runs by himself or if he races to the mailbox with his sister. It's a no brainer.
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Pau Gasol
Spanish Athlete
I won't forget the hood. I won't forget the days of catching a bullet on the way to the mailbox or bricks with death threats that somehow made their way through the window.
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Howard Rheingold
American Critic
There is an elementary level of trust that is necessary for community. You have to be able to trust that your neighbors aren't going to look into your mailbox.
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Hedda Hopper
American Actress
Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone.
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Jim Beaver
American Actor
When I was a kid, the high point of the day was to go to the mailbox and see if any mail came for me, and I'm still stuck in that mode.
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Mary Karr
American Poet
I get about five memoirs per week in my mailbox, and few of them inspire anything but a desire to pick up the channel changer.
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Henry Thomas
American Actor
Carloads of tourists would photograph the family mailbox, and there was weird mail, death threats.
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John Candy
Canadian Comedian
I don't dream about the perfect script, though I check my mailbox every morning.
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Lauren Gibbs
American Athlete
It is funny, the things you miss about a more conventional lifestyle. I miss seemingly mundane tasks, like cleaning the kitchen, moving my furniture around to achieve just the right look, and checking the mailbox. I miss making my bed in the morning before work.
Quote examples
George Perez
American Writer
Because several 'Titans' characters have been used in video games, I've got royalty checks for six figures. And I had no knowledge of this until I opened the mailbox, because I don't follow the video game world!
Quote examples
Rachel Campos-Duffy
American Entertainer
Competition works. Ask any parent if their child will run faster from the house to the mailbox if he runs by himself or if he races to the mailbox with his sister. It's a no brainer.
Quote examples
Pau Gasol
Spanish Athlete
I won't forget the hood. I won't forget the days of catching a bullet on the way to the mailbox or bricks with death threats that somehow made their way through the window.
Quote examples
Howard Rheingold
American Critic
There is an elementary level of trust that is necessary for community. You have to be able to trust that your neighbors aren't going to look into your mailbox.
Quote examples
Hedda Hopper
American Actress
Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone.
Quote examples
Jim Beaver
American Actor
When I was a kid, the high point of the day was to go to the mailbox and see if any mail came for me, and I'm still stuck in that mode.
Quote examples
Mary Karr
American Poet
I get about five memoirs per week in my mailbox, and few of them inspire anything but a desire to pick up the channel changer.
Quote examples
Henry Thomas
American Actor
Carloads of tourists would photograph the family mailbox, and there was weird mail, death threats.
Quote examples
John Candy
Canadian Comedian
I don't dream about the perfect script, though I check my mailbox every morning.
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