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inbox

 noun
     
Related topics: Computers
in‧box , in box [countable]
1TD the place in a computer email program where new messages arrive:
I had 130 emails in my inbox this morning.
2 American English a container on an office desk that is used to hold letters, documents etc that you must deal with [= in tray British English]
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