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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

mailbox

· mail·box · IPA /ˈmeɪl.bɑks/
01 n. A public box for deposit of mail, where it is later picked up by the postal authority for delivery.
  1. 1.
    A public box for deposit of mail, where it is later picked up by the postal authority for delivery.
  2. 2.
    A private box to recieve delivery of mail. The term is used both for boxes receiving mail delivered by the public postal authority, or by a private services, such as for mail to employees in large corporations.
  3. 3.
    A location within a computer storage device where electronic mail is held until it is retrieved by the addressee. Creation and use of an electronic mailbox requires special software as well as a data storage device.(Computers)
Syn. postbox, letter box. — Syn. -- letter box.