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mail

UK/mel/ US/meɪl/ common us
verb (2) noun (5)

verb

1.

send via the postal service

  • “I”
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2.

cause to be directed or transmitted to another place

  • “send me your latest results”
  • “I”
  • “s written”
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noun

1.

the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service

2.

the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office

  • “the mail handles billions of items every day”
  • “he works for the United States mail service”
  • “in England they call mail”
  • “'”
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3.

a conveyance that transports mail

4.

any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered

  • “your mail is on the table”
  • “is there any post for me?”
  • “she was opening her post”
Synonyms
5.

Origin

From Middle English male, from Anglo-Norman male, Old French male (“bag, wallet”), from Frankish *malha (“bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather pouch”).

Phrases

  • accountable mail
  • advertising mail
  • air mail
  • balloon mail
  • bicycle mail
  • buttock mail
  • by return mail
  • carry the mail
  • chain mail
  • coat of mail
  • mail it in
  • mail-in vote

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