drop box

American

noun

Textiles.

a box for holding shuttles on a loom, as a box loom, used on either side of the race plate in weaving cloth having a variety of colors in the filling.

Etymology

Origin of drop box

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

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The carrier offers modified service on Monday, with early on-call pickups and drop box pickups in some areas.

From Barron's

“Our ballots tend to hit in early October, and then they can drop it in a drop box, they can take it to what are called ‘voter service centers,’ or they can put a stamp on it and send it through the mail.”

From Salon

Since 2020, more than eight in 10 Californians during statewide general or special elections have voted by mailing their ballot, depositing it into an official drop box or returning it to a local voting center, according to a new analysis by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies.

From Los Angeles Times

There are various ways to drop it off — through the mail, or through a county ballot drop box or polling place.

From Los Angeles Times

Be sure to get your ballot into a secured drop box, or at a polling place, by 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times

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