Mailbox

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A public container for deposit of outgoing mail. Also called postbox.
  • n. A private box for incoming mail. Also called letterbox.
  • n. A computer file or set of files for the collection and storage of e-mail.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A box into which mail is put
  • n. A folder or account for the storage of e-mail; an in-box.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A public box for deposit of mail, where it is later picked up by the postal authority for delivery.
  • n. 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.
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A box placed in some public place, as at a street corner, for the deposit of letters to be gathered by the postman.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a private box for delivery of mail
  • n. public box for deposit of mail
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    box   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    postbox    letter box   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    theirbusiness    field    solicited-node    mission-critical    token-based   
     
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.