Mail

[meɪl] or [mel]

Definition

(noun.) a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system.

(noun.) 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 `the post''.

(noun.) the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.

(noun.) 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'.

(verb.) cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; 'send me your latest results'; 'I'll mail you the paper when it's written'.

(verb.) send via the postal service; 'I'll mail you the check tomorrow'.

Edited by Diana--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A spot.

(n.) A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V.

(n.) Rent; tribute.

(n.) A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.

(n.) Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.

(n.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.

(n.) Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.

(v. t.) To arm with mail.

(v. t.) To pinion.

(n.) A bag; a wallet.

(n.) The bag or bags with the letters, papers, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter.

(n.) That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office.

(n.) A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.

(v. t.) To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail a letter.

Typed by Adele

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Defensive armor.[2]. Post, conveyance for mailed matter.[3]. Mailed matter.

v. a. Put in the mail, put in the post-office, send by post.

Edited by Claudette

Definition

n. a bag for the conveyance of letters &c.: the contents of such a bag: the person or the carriage by which the mail is conveyed.—v.t. to put into the mail: to send by mail.—adj. Mail′able capable of being sent by mail.—ns. Mail′-bag a bag in which letters are carried; Mail′-boat a boat which carries the public mails; Mail′-cart a cart in which mails are carried: a small cart with long handles for the amusement of children; Mail′-catch′er an apparatus attached to a mail-carriage to catch up mail-bags while the train is in motion; Mail′-coach -car or -drag the conveyance which carries the public mails; Mail′-guard an officer who guards the public mails; Mail′ing-tā′ble a table used in a post-office in sorting letters; Mail′-train a railway train which carries the public mails.

n. an old French coin—half a denier: rent.—n. Mail′ing a farm.

n. defensive armour for the body formed of steel rings or network: armour generally.—v.t. to clothe in mail: (Scot.) to stain.—adjs. Mail′-clad clad with a coat of mail; Mailed protected by mail.

Editor: Sharon

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