outbox

outbox

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)
  • (noun): enPR: outʹbŏks, IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtbɒks/
  • (verb): enPR: out-bŏksʹ, IPA^(key): /aʊtˈbɒks/
• (General American)
  • (noun): enPR: outʹbäks, IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtbɑks/
  • (verb): enPR: out-bäksʹ, IPA^(key): /aʊtˈbɑks/

Noun

outbox (plural outboxes)

1. A box holding all the mail to be sent out.
   • 2013, Michael O'Shea, Blood on the Risers (page 226)

     Rabin tossed the orders in his outbox, dipped the brush back in the small bottle, and continued to apply more solvent […]

2. (computing) An electronic folder serving the same purpose, for electronic mail.

Translations

box

Finnish: lähtevät-laatikko Maori: pouakaputa

Russian: неотправленные (neotpravlennyje)

electronic folder

Finnish: lähetetyt-kansio Japanese: 送信箱 (sōshinbako) Macedonian: пораки за испраќање f pl (póraki za ispráḱanje)

Maori: pouakaputa Polish: skrzynka nadawcza f Spanish: buzón de salida m

See also

• inbox

Verb

outbox (third-person singular simple present outboxes, present participle outboxing, simple past and past participle outboxed)

1. (boxing, transitive) To box better than.

Translations

to box better than

Finnish: nyrkkeillä paremmin kuin, voittaa nyrkkeilyssä

Anagrams

• box out, boxout