drop box

American  

noun

Textiles.

1. a box for holding shuttles on a loom, as a box loom, used on either side of the race plate in weaving cloth having a variety of colors in the filling.

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Etymology

Origin of drop box

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The carrier offers modified service on Monday, with early on-call pickups and drop box pickups in some areas.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

You can drop off your ballot at any polling place or ballot drop box within California, according to the secretary of state’s office.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

If a vote-by-mail ballot is dropped off in another county’s drop box, election officials must send it to the correct county recorder’s office to be tallied.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

To count in the Nov. 7 election, ballots must be put in a drop box, returned in person to a county elections office or postmarked by 8 p.m.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2023

There was a warning that honeybees had taken over the post office mail drop box, “so don’t open it unless you want to get stung.”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos