postbox

Questions about postbox

What does postbox mean?

postbox means "public box for deposit of mail".

How many syllables are in postbox?

postbox has 2 syllables: post-box. The stress falls on "post".

What is another word for postbox?

Close synonyms include mailbox, letter box. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is postbox a common word?

postbox is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.