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Mail is defined as letters, cards, papers and packages delivered by the postal service.

(noun)

An example of mail is a postcard.

The definition of mail is related to the handling or delivery of letters and packages.

(adjective)

An example of mail used as an adjective is in the title "mail carrier."

Mail means to send something through the postal service.

(verb)

An example of mail is to send someone a bill.

See mail in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. Now Scot. a bag or piece of baggage
2. Archaic a bag or packet of letters, etc. to be transported by post
1. letters, papers, packages, etc. handled, transported, and delivered by the post office
2. ☆ letters, papers, etc. received or sent by a person, company, etc.
the system of collection, transportation, and delivery of letters, packages, etc.; postal system
also called the mails
the collection or delivery of letters, packages, etc. at a certain time: late for the morning mail
Chiefly Brit. a vehicle for mail
e-mail

Origin: ME male < OFr < MHG malhe, a traveling bag < OHG malaha, wallet

adjective

of mail; esp.,

carrying, or used in the handling of, mail
designating a person, or boat, train, etc. that transports letters, packages, etc.

transitive verb

☆ to send by mail, as by putting into a mailbox; post

Related Forms:

mailability noun
mailable adjective

noun

flexible body armor made of small, overlapping metal rings, loops of chain, or scales
the hard protective covering of some animals, as turtles

Origin: ME maile < OFr maille, a link, mesh < L macula, a spot, mesh of a net

transitive verb

to cover or protect with or as with mail

Related Forms:

mailed adjective

noun

Chiefly Scot. rent or payment of any kind

Origin: ME male, rent, tribute: see blackmail

See mail in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. Materials, such as letters and packages, handled in a postal system.
b. Postal material for a specific person or organization.
c. Material processed for distribution from a post office at a specified time: the morning mail.
A system by which letters, packages, and other postal materials are transported. Used in the plural with the.
A vehicle by which mail is transported.
Mail or messages sent electronically; e-mail.

verb mailed mailed, mail·ing, mails

verb, transitive

To send by mail.

verb, intransitive

To send letters and other postal material by mail.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English male, bag

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , of Germanic origin

Related Forms:

mailˈa·ble adjective

mailˌa·bilˈi·ty noun

noun

Flexible armor composed of small overlapping metal rings, loops of chain, or scales.
The protective covering of certain animals, as the shell of a turtle.

transitive verb mailed mailed, mail·ing, mails

To cover or armor with mail.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French maile

Origin: , from Latin macula, blemish, mesh

noun
Scots

Rent, payment, or tribute.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English mol, maile

Origin: , from Old Norse māl, lawsuit

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