mailbox
/ˈmeɪlbɒks/noun
उच्चारण मेल्बॉक्स
डाक-पेटी
Basic word
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[C] AmE
a box outside a house where letters are delivered (British letter box); a computer program that receives and stores email
डाक-पेटी
- check your mailbox
- The postman put the letters in the mailbox by the gate.
- I checked my mailbox, but there was nothing for me.
+ 1 more example
- Your mailbox is full, so new messages cannot be delivered.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
mailbox (countable noun)
A mailbox is a box, usually outside a house or on the street, where letters are delivered or posted; in India it is often called a letter box or post box.
'Mailbox' वह डिब्बा है, प्रायः घर के बाहर या सड़क पर, जहाँ पत्र आते या डाले जाते हैं; भारत में इसे letter box या post box भी कहते हैं।
- There was a letter in the mailbox this morning.
- The red mailbox at the corner is emptied twice a day.
mailbox in computing
In computing a mailbox is the folder or space where your emails are stored, so you can say my mailbox is full.
कंप्यूटर में 'mailbox' वह फ़ोल्डर या स्थान है जहाँ आपके emails जमा होते हैं, इसलिए 'my mailbox is full' कहा जा सकता है।
- Her mailbox is full, so new emails bounce back.
- Please clear your mailbox before the server update.
put / drop sth in the mailbox
Use in with mailbox: drop a card in the mailbox, find a bill in the mailbox. Take sth out of the mailbox for collecting.
'Mailbox' के साथ 'in' आता है: drop a card in the mailbox, find a bill in the mailbox। निकालने के लिए 'take sth out of the mailbox' कहें।
- He dropped the form in the mailbox near the station.
- She took the letter out of the mailbox.
mailbox: American vs British
Mailbox is the American word; British English uses letter box for the slot at a door and postbox for the street box.
'Mailbox' अमेरिकी शब्द है; British English में दरवाज़े की झिरी के लिए 'letter box' और सड़क के डिब्बे के लिए 'postbox' आता है।
- The postbox is on the corner of the lane.
- Please push the leaflet through the letter box.
+Collocations 4
verb + mailbox
checkemptyopencleardrop it instuff
- The postman empties the mailbox at five every evening.
adjective + mailbox
redfullemptystreetrustyoverflowing
- A rusty mailbox stood at the gate of the old house.
mailbox + noun
keyslotflapnumberlock
- She lost the mailbox key and could not get the letters.
phrases
junk in the mailboxa letter in the mailboxfull mailboxmailbox storage
- My mailbox storage is nearly finished.
“More examples 5
- The postman put the speed-post letter into our mailbox.
डाकिये ने स्पीड-पोस्ट का पत्र हमारे डाक-बक्से में डाल दिया।
- Radhika checks her mailbox every morning for her admit card.
राधिका अपना प्रवेश-पत्र देखने के लिए हर सुबह डाक-बक्सा देखती है।
- The old red mailbox outside the school has been there since the British period.
स्कूल के बाहर का पुराना लाल डाक-बक्सा ब्रिटिश काल से वहीं है।
- Spam fills my mailbox even though I never subscribed to anything.
मैंने कभी कुछ सब्सक्राइब नहीं किया, फिर भी spam मेरे mailbox में भर जाता है।
- He posted the application at the mailbox opposite the post office.
उसने डाकघर के सामने वाले डाक-बक्से में आवेदन डाल दिया।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ I put the application at the mailbox.
✓ I put the application in the mailbox.
Something dropped inside a box takes in, not at.
डिब्बे के भीतर डाली गई वस्तु के लिए 'in' आता है, 'at' नहीं।
§Grammar and usage
British and American English: letter box or postbox (British) and mailbox (American).
British और American English में letter box या postbox (British) और mailbox (American)।