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MAILDROP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maildrop mean? 

MAILDROP (noun)
  The noun MAILDROP has 1 sense:

1. a drop where mail can be depositedplay

  Familiarity information: MAILDROP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAILDROP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A drop where mail can be deposited

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("maildrop" is a kind of...):

drop (a central depository where things can be left or picked up)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "maildrop"):

letter box; mailbox; postbox (public box for deposit of mail)


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