postbox

American  

[pohst-boks] / ˈpoʊstˌbɒks /

noun

Chiefly British.

• postboxes
  plural

1. a mailbox, especially one for public deposit of mail.

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postbox British  

/ ˈpəʊstˌbɒks /

noun

1. Also called: letter box.  a box into which mail is put for collection by the postal service

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• postboxes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of postbox

First recorded in 1745–55; post ³ + box ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

postbox postboxes

BBC NI went to Newtownabbey, County Antrim, where there is a newly upgraded postbox.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

A knitted postbox topper featuring the infamous phrase "rats the size of cats" has appeared on a street corner in Birmingham amid the city's ongoing bin strikes.

From BBC ● May 7, 2025

They can be delivered to a special postbox next to his bench between 10:00 and 14:00 BST on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025

A postbox has been closed because snails have been crawling inside and munching the mail.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2024

I wish I could open my postbox every day.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

Seven "postboxes of the future" are in place in Northern Ireland, of 3,500 planned across the UK.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

In the new design, solar panels on the top of the postboxes power a digitally-activated drawer, allowing customers to deposit small parcels.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025

Royal Mail is introducing 3,500 solar-powered postboxes across the UK, altering the iconic look of the red pillar boxes that have punctuated Britain's streets for nearly two centuries.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025

Denmark's 1,500 postboxes will start to disappear from the start of June.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025

Across the country that day, the ballots for year-end honors in Thoroughbred racing began arriving in journalists’ postboxes.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand