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1. mailbox
noun. ['ˈmeɪlˌbɑːks'] a private box for delivery of mail.
Synonyms
Etymology
- box (English)
- box (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- mail (English)
- maille (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Mailbox
- audiovox
- boombox
- breadbox
- colorocs
- detox
- equinox
- fischbach's
- gearbox
- gridlock's
- hancock's
- heterodox
- hitchcock's
- icebox
- jaycox
- jukebox
- matchbox
- mattox
- orthodox
- palafox
- paradox
Sentences with mailbox
1. Noun, singular or mass
A mailbox can be a convenient place to hide treasure in a treasure hunt.
Quotes about mailbox
1. Is this one of those keep-your-friends-close-and-your-enemies-closer things?""I though it was keep your friends close so you have someone to drive the car when you sneak over to your enemy's house at night and throw up in his mailbox.
- Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels
2. That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox.
- Nicole Krauss, The History of Love