outbox

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

outbox (plural outboxes)

1. A box holding papers to be transmitted to others, eg, 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
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• Russian: неотправленные (ru) (neotpravlennyje)
• Vietnamese: hộp thư đi

electronic folder

• Arabic: صُنْدُوق الصَّادِر m (ṣundūq aṣ-ṣādir), عُلْبَة الصَّادِر f (ʕulba(t) aṣ-ṣādir)
• Finnish: lähetetyt-kansio
• 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)
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• Maori: pouakaputa
• Polish: skrzynka nadawcza f
• Spanish: buzón de salida m
• Vietnamese: hộp thư đi, hòm thư đi

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
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Anagrams

• box out, boxout