Mail

Quick meaning: Mail is a noun meaning (now regional) A bag or wallet.

Meaning

(now regional) A bag or wallet.

More Meanings

1. A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
2. The (physical) material conveyed by the postal service.
3. The postal service or system in general.
4. (uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.
5. (uncountable) Email messages conceived in bulk (as with the analogous sense of physical mail).
6. (countable, especially India) An email message.
7. (dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.

Example Sentences

Meronym: mailpiece

Don't forget to pick up the mail on your way.

What, loo, man, see here of dyce a bale; / A brydelynge caste for that is in thy male!

The transfer by tender of some 1,300 mail bags was effected smartly, and the "Ocean Mails Special" train was ready at 9.19 a.m.

Word Forms

• mails
• mailing
• mailed
• maille
• maile
• maill

Synonyms for mail

Depending on context, synonyms include post, email, send.

Antonyms for mail

Common opposites include email.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include send, post, mailbox, postal, mailroom, mail-out.

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