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mailable

Variant of mail

mail definition

mail (māl)

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.
  3. the system of collection, transportation, and delivery of letters, packages, etc.; postal system
    also called the mails
  4. the collection or delivery of letters, packages, etc. at a certain time late for the morning mail
  5. Chiefly Brit. a vehicle for mail
  6. e-mail

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

adjective

of mail; esp.,
  1. carrying, or used in the handling of, mail
  2. 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:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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