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

Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Germanic *ūt

Proto-West Germanic *ūt

Old English ūt

Proto-West Germanic *ūtē

Old English ūte

Middle English oute

English outbox

From out + box.

outbox (plural outboxes)

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 […]
(computing) An electronic folder serving the same purpose, for electronic mail.

box

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
inbox

Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Germanic *ūt

Proto-Germanic *ūt-

Old English ūt-

Middle English ut-

English outbox

From out- + box.

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