Word Image
plural: mailboxes
Part Of Speech
noun
Word Meaning
a box at or near a dwelling for the occupant’s mail; a public box for deposit of outgoing mail; a computer file in which email is collected
Word Family
mailed
mailing
mailman
mailer
airmail
mailroom
voicemail
Sentence
The postal service just installed a new public mailbox on the corner.
Your mailbox is overflowing with letters!
I will put a hold on my mail while I’m gone on vacation.
I need to hear what this voicemail is about.
I forgot the key to my post office mailbox again.
Would you please put this envelope in the mailbox downstairs?
She said she mailed out the package this morning.
I have so many unread emails that I need to read.
When the mailman came, he didn’t put anything into our mailbox.
Your first position will be in the mailroom of the corporate offices.
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