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# postbox

noun (postbox, postboxes)

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

## Everyday

1. (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) A public box, often red in the UK, where you put letters to be collected and posted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postbox/#m1)
2. A private box at your house or a post office where your own mail is delivered (more often «letterbox» or «mailbox»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postbox/#m2)

### In the lessons

Everyday life in Britain and Ireland: red pillar boxes in the UK, green postboxes in Ireland, red in Australia and New Zealand. In the USA and Canada people say «mailbox». In stories, posting a letter to Father Christmas in the postbox. Phrases: «put it in the postbox», «the nearest postbox», «collection times».

### Examples

- I put my birthday card to Grandma in the postbox. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postbox/#x1)
- The red postbox is at the end of our street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postbox/#x2)
- In Ireland, postboxes are painted green. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postbox/#x3)
- The collection time on the postbox says half past five. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postbox/#x4)
- We posted our letter to Santa in the postbox. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postbox/#x5)
- Is there a postbox near the school? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postbox/#x6)

### Note

Plural: postboxes. US/Canadian word: «mailbox». British «letterbox» usually means the slot in your front door. Also written «post box» (two words). Do not put anything dangerous in a postbox.

## On Mova

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