inbox

noun

in·​box ˈin-ˌbäks 

variants or in-box

plural inboxes or in-boxes

1

: a box or tray (as on a desk) for holding incoming interoffice mail

2

: a computer folder devoted to incoming email

One of my favorite rituals soon became scanning our email inbox, looking for your photographs … and reading the letters you sent …

—Amy Virshup

Examples of inbox in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Subscribe to our new food newsletter, Stuffed, to get Denver food and drink news sent straight to your inbox. —Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 13 June 2024

Want a link to your daily horoscope delivered directly to your inbox each weekday morning? —Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. —The Week Us, theweek, 12 June 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

in-box

noun

ˈin-ˌbäks

: a receptacle for incoming letters between offices in an organization

also : a computer folder for incoming email