outbox

English

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (Southern England):

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

  • Audio (Southern England):

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

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Germanic *ūt

Proto-West Germanic *ūt

Old English ūt

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Proto-Germanic *ūt

Proto-Germanic *-ai

Proto-Germanic *ūtai

Proto-West Germanic *ūtē

Old English ūte

Middle English oute

English out

English box

English outbox

From out + box.

Noun

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
• Māori: pouakaputa
• Polish: skrzynka nadawcza f
• 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)
• Māori: 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Germanic *ūt

Proto-Germanic *ūt-

Old English ūt-

Middle English ut-

English out-

English box

English outbox

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
• Polish: boksować lepiej impf

Anagrams

• box out, boxout