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# mailbox

noun (a mailbox, mailboxes)

«mailbox» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (US, Canada) A mailbox is a box outside a house where letters are delivered, or a public box where you post letters (UK: postbox, letterbox). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mailbox/#m1)
2. An email inbox, the place on a computer where your emails arrive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mailbox/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in everyday life and computers. Phrases: «check the mailbox», «put the letter in the mailbox», «my email mailbox is full». Safety: be careful with emails from strangers in your mailbox.

### Examples

- I checked the mailbox for my birthday card. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mailbox/#x1)
- Put the letter in the mailbox on the corner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mailbox/#x2)
- My email mailbox was full of spam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mailbox/#x3)
- The mailbox had a little red flag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mailbox/#x4)
- Our mailbox is at the end of the drive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mailbox/#x5)
- The postman left a parcel by the mailbox. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mailbox/#x6)

### Note

Plural: mailboxes. US/Canada «mailbox»; UK/Ireland/Australia «letterbox» (on a house) and «postbox» (public). One word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mailbox» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mailbox/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mailbox» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mailbox.html) on Mova free.