postbag

Carrier's delivery sack

A postbag is a bag for carrying mail, used by postal workers.

In British usage, postbag also refers to the letters received by a person or organization: The article generated a huge postbag from readers.

Americans would say mailbag for both senses.

mail

letters

Alphabetic characters or mail

mailbox · letterbox · postcard · parcel · package · delivery · sorting · airmail · postmark · franking

carrier

mailman

Postal delivery worker

deliveryman · porter · shoulder · strap · canvas · leather · route · rounds · uniform · bicycle

feedback

reader

One who peruses text

queries · complaints · opinions · listener · viewer · audience · inbox · column · editor · broadcaster

Opposites
direction of correspondence

postbagoutbox

Queue for dispatched messages

outgoing mail · dispatches

mail receptacle type

postbagmailbox

Container for delivered mail

letterbox · post office box · PO box · pigeonhole · mail slot

volume of correspondence

postbagsilence

Total lack of sound

Family

postbox, postbags

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G