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airmail definition

air·mail (-māl′)

noun

  1. mail transported by air; esp., in the U.S., mail going overseas by air
  2. a system for transporting mail by air send it by airmail
Also air mail

adjective

of or used for mail sent by air an airmail stamp

transitive verb

to send (mail) by air

adverb

by airmail send the letter airmail

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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