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/pohst"boks'/, n. Chiefly Brit.a mailbox, esp. one for public deposit of mail.[1745-55; POST3 + BOX1]
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postbox — UK US /ˈpəʊstbɒks/ noun [C] UK (US mailbox) COMMUNICATIONS ► a metal container in the street or other public place in which you can put letters to be mailed ► MAILBOX(Cf. ↑mailbox) … Financial and business terms
postbox — ► NOUN ▪ a large public box into which letters are posted for collection by the post office … English terms dictionary
postbox — [pōst′bäks΄] n. Chiefly Brit. MAILBOX … English World dictionary
postbox — UK [ˈpəʊs(t)ˌbɒks] / US [ˈpoʊs(t)ˌbɑks] noun [countable] Word forms postbox : singular postbox plural postboxes British a container in a public place where you can put post that you want to send … English dictionary
postbox — noun Date: 1754 mailbox; especially a public mailbox … New Collegiate Dictionary
postbox — post|box [ˈpəustbɔks US ˈpoustba:ks] n BrE a box in a public place, into which you put letters that you want to send British Equivalent: letter boxAmerican Equivalent: mailbox … Dictionary of contemporary English
postbox — post|box [ poust,baks ] noun count BRITISH a MAILBOX … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
postbox — n. mail box, box into which postal letters and parcels are inserted … English contemporary dictionary
postbox — noun a large public box having a slot into which letters are posted, for collection by the Post Office … English new terms dictionary
postbox — noun (C) BrE a box in a public place, into which you put letters you want to send; mailbox (2) AmE see also: letterbox, pillar box … Longman dictionary of contemporary English