mailbox

A noun referring to either a private container for receiving personal mail or a public box for depositing outgoing mail.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant soit un conteneur privé pour recevoir son courrier personnel, soit une boîte publique pour déposer son courrier sortant.

1. Private mail receptacle A2 formal

   A personal container, often located at a residence or business, where postal deliveries are placed.

   • The letter was left in the mailbox by the front door.
   • He checked his mailbox every morning for bills.
   • The new mailbox has a lock to keep mail secure.

   🇫🇷Boîte aux lettres privée

2. Public mail collection box A2 formal

   A container, typically found on streets or in public areas, where people deposit outgoing mail for collection by the postal service.

   • She dropped the envelope into the mailbox on the corner.
   • The red mailbox is emptied twice a day.
   • Please use the mailbox outside the post office for urgent letters.

   🇫🇷Boîte aux lettres publique

   Synonymes: letter boxpostbox

• mailboxes plural form
• mailboxes' possessive plural form
• mailbox's possessive singular form