outbox

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)
  • (noun): enPR: outʹbŏks, IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtbɒks/

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  • (verb): enPR: out-bŏksʹ, IPA^(key): /aʊtˈbɒks/

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  • Rhymes: -ɒks
• (General American)
  • (noun): enPR: outʹbäks, IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtbɑks/
  • (verb): enPR: out-bäksʹ, IPA^(key): /aʊtˈbɑks/

Etymology 1

From out +‎ box.

Noun

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Wikipedia

outbox (plural outboxes)

1. A box holding papers to be transmitted to others, usually by mail.
   • 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

Arabic: صُنْدُوق الصَّادِر m (ṣundūq aṣ-ṣādir) Finnish: lähtevät-laatikko Maori: pouakaputa Russian: неотправленные (ru) (neotpravlennyje) Spanish: buzón de salida m Swedish: utkorg c Vietnamese: hộp thư đi Welsh: allflwch m

electronic folder

Arabic: صُنْدُوق الصَّادِر m (ṣundūq aṣ-ṣādir), عُلْبَة الصَّادِر f (ʕulba(t) aṣ-ṣādir) Dutch: outbox m Finnish: lähetetyt-kansio French: boîte d'envoi (fr) f Hungarian: kimenő/elküldendő levelek (literally “outgoing mails; mails to be sent”) Japanese: 送信箱 (sōshinbako) Macedonian: пораки за испраќање f pl (poraki za ispraḱanje) Maori: pouakaputa Polish: skrzynka nadawcza f Spanish: buzón de salida m Swedish: utkorg c Vietnamese: hộp thư đi, hòm thư đi

See also

• inbox

Etymology 2

From out- +‎ box.

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