inbox
/ˈɪnbɒks/US/ˈɪnbɑks/
inbox noun: a container in which papers to be dealt with are put.
Noun
inbox (plural inboxes)
- A container in which papers to be dealt with are put.
- Antonyms:
- outbox
- An electronic folder serving the same purpose, but for electronic files, especially email.
- Your goal with the remaining emails is to take care of them and remove them from your inbox as soon as possible.2014, Bonnie Hillman Shay, Take Charge of Your Email Inbox, page 35
- The aggregate of items that demand one's attention or effort.
- The kids, my ex, my parents, the job, bills — my inbox is full.
Verb
inbox (third-person singular simple present inboxes, present participle inboxing, simple past and past participle inboxed)
- To put (something) in someone's inbox.
- I just inboxed you the presentation.
- To communicate with (a person) by writing to their electronic inbox.
- And now, social media has made it worse. From Facebook to Twitter, I get all kinds of invitations. Recently a sister inboxed me on Facebook and told me that she knew for a fact that I wanted her and she wanted me.2014, J. L. King, Full Circle: Loving. Living. Life. After The Down Low
inbox meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
inbox in Hindi
- इनबॉक्स, इन्बॉक्स, इन्बाक्स
inbox in Tamil
- மடலகம்
inbox in Marathi
- इनबॉक्स
inbox in Urdu
- انباکس
More languagesFewer languages
- inbox in Bengali
- ইনবক্স, ইনবক্সে, ইনবক্স-এ
- inbox in Telugu
- ఇన్బాక్స్, ఇన్బాక్సు, ఇన్బాక్స్కు
- inbox in Malayalam
- ഇൻബോക്സ്
- inbox in Kannada
- ಮಿಂಚೆ ಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ, ಮಿಂಚೆ ಮನೆ
- inbox in Punjabi
- ਇਨਬਾਕਸ, ਇਨਬਾੱਕਸ
- inbox in Gujarati
- ઇનબોક્સ, ઈનબોક્સ, ઇન્બોક્સ
- inbox in Odia
- ଇନବକ୍ସ, ଇନ୍ବକ୍ସ, ଇନବକ୍ସ୍
- inbox in Nepali
- इनबक्स, इन्बक्स, इनबक्समा
- inbox in Arabic
- صُنْدُوق الوَارِد ṣundūq al-wārid, عُلْبَة الوَارِد
- inbox in Persian
- صندوق ورودی sanduq-e vorudi
- inbox in Vietnamese
- hộp thư đến, hòm thư đến
Examples of inbox in a sentence
- Ever since the secretary left, the letters in my inbox have started to build up.
- Every time I get spam in my inbox, I add the sender to my blocklist.
- My inbox is flooded with bugmail; I need to set up a filter for it.
Synonyms of inbox
Antonyms
Forms of inbox
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | inboxes |
| alternative form | in-box |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | inboxes |
| present participle | inboxing |
| past participle | inboxed |
| past | inboxed |
Origin of inbox
From in + box.
Questions about inbox
- What does inbox mean?
- Inbox means a container in which papers to be dealt with are put.
- What is inbox in Hindi?
- Inbox in Hindi is इनबॉक्स, इन्बॉक्स, इन्बाक्स. See Inbox meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is inbox?
- Inbox can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce inbox?
- Inbox is pronounced /ˈɪnbɒks/ (UK).
- What is the plural of inbox?
- The plural of inbox is inboxes.
Words near inbox in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inbox (page history and authors); inbox (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inbox (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inbox (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inbox (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inbox (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inbox (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inbox (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Inbox (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inbox (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inbox (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inbox (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inbox (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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