📮
📮 Postbox
Unicode: U+1F4EE
Description
A postbox (mailbox, letterbox) with a letter in its slot for collection. Generally depicted in red with a white envelope, styled after public postboxes in Japan. May also evoke postboxes in the United Kingdom. Used for various content concerning postal deliveries and email. Microsoft’s design was previously blue, after U.S. mail collection boxes.
Image Variants
3D
Color
Flat
High Contrast
Version Information
Emoji Version:1.0
Unicode Version:6.0
Keywords
mailmailboxpostbox
Shortcodes
| Platform | Shortcode | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Emojipedia | :postbox: | |
| GitHub | :postbox: | |
| Slack | :postbox: | |
| Discord | :postbox: |
Additional Information
Category:Miscellaneous Symbols And Pictographs -> Communication symbols
Definition:
A postbox, where letters and other mail are posted, in order to be delivered. Postbox was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added http://emojipedia.org/postbox/
Verbs:
- Communicate electronically on the computer
- Get something; come into possession of
- To be handed something; to come into possession of.
- Take possession of.
- To take possession of.
- To send via the post.
- To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
- Send via the postal service
Nouns:
- A flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.
- Electronic mail, most commonly referred to as email or e-mail since, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients.
- A message sent via an e-mail system.
- A string that identifies a user so that the user can receive Internet email. An email address on the Internet typically consists of an account name, followed by the @ (at) symbol, a host name, and a domain name.
- Information at the top of an e-mail message, including the name and address of the sender and recipient, the date and time sent, the subject, and other information that is not part of the body text of the message. The mail header is used by an e-mail client or program.
- Information or message that is transmitted or exchanged from one computer terminal to another, through telecommunication.
- An app for sending and receiving email.
- A folder that stores messages that have been created but not yet sent.
- Message sent via e-mail.
- A message that is sent over a communications network such as a local area network or the Internet.
- (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
- A notification issued when a message is received