mailbox, letter box
(noun) a private box for delivery of mail
postbox, mailbox, letter box
(noun) public box for deposit of mail
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mailbox (plural mailboxes)
(chiefly, US) A box into which mail is put
(computing) A folder or account for the storage of e-mail; an electronic in-box or mailstore.
• (in some senses) letterbox
• post box
• xilobam
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
