Box and Mailbox

Box

Box noun - A covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things.
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Synonyms for Box

Mailbox and box are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mailbox" instead a noun "Box".

Nearby Word: boxed

Mailbox

Mailbox noun - A private box for delivery of mail.
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Synonyms for Mailbox

Box and mailbox are semantically related. You can use "Box" instead a noun "Mailbox".

Nearby Words: mail, mailing, mailer

Both words in one sentence

  • Human Mail Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes sometimes attempts to run away by sitting in a box by the mailbox with a vague address written on it (for example, "To Australia").
    Source: Human Mail
  • Comic Strip / Calvin and Hobbes Human Mail: Calvin sometimes attempts to run away by sitting in a box by the mailbox with a vague address written on it (for example, "To OS TRYLA").
  • The Coconut Effect The purpose of the mailbox flag is to alert the postal carrier that there is outgoing mail in the box to be picked up.
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