Word Type

Noun

The word "mailbox" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

apartment apartment building apartment complex corner of two streets downtown area front door front of home front of house front yard garden hardware store outside of house porch post office street street corner yard

Coordinate Terms

inbox outbox

Derived Terms

collection mailbox e-mailbox mailbox company mailbox rule voice mailbox

Derived From

box mail

Has Part

flag mail recieved by individual

Context

computing us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

box maildrop

Type Of (IsA)

box container for letters container product smaller than bed where send and recieve letters

Receives Action

found on sidewalk

Related Terms

post office box voicemailbox

Related Terms

account e mail electronic folder in box mail mailstore voicemailbox

Synonym Network

inbox letter box letterbox pillar box post box postbox

Used For

bills collecting junk mail communication curbside decoration get mail having as milestone letters mail mailman to deliver mail people to post letters into posting letters postman to put leters ino protecting mail put mail in receiving bills receiving email receiving letters receiving local newspaper receiving mail receiving packages from usps receiving posted mail receiving snail mail recieving mail send letter via usps send letters sending letters sending mail sending packages sending signal to mailman storing mail surrounding with growing flowers take out aggression

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.