/meil/
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Definition
Noun:
- Armor: (Historical) Flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings, worn for protection.
- Letters and Packages: The letters, packages, and other items sent or delivered by a postal system.
- The Postal System: The system or service responsible for collecting, transporting, and delivering letters and parcels.
- A Delivery: A specific batch of letters and packages delivered at one time.
Verb:
- To Send by Post: To send (a letter, package, etc.) through the postal system.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Armor):
- The knight wore a suit of chain mail.
- Noun (Letters/Packages):
- Has the morning mail arrived yet?
- I sorted through the pile of mail on my desk.
- Noun (Postal System):
- The check was lost in the mail.
- She works for the U.S. mail.
- Verb:
- Please mail this letter for me.
- I will mail the documents to your office.
Advanced Usage
- "To mail something in": To send something by post, often to a specific address for a purpose like a contest or payment.
- Don't forget to mail in your ballot before the election.
- "Snail mail": (Informal, idiomatic) A term for traditional postal service, contrasting with electronic mail (email), emphasizing its slower speed.
- I still enjoy getting a handwritten letter by snail mail.
Variants and Related Words
- Chain mail (n): The historical armor made of interlinked rings.
- Air mail (n): A postal service for sending letters and parcels by aircraft.
- E-mail / Email (n/v): Electronic mail; messages distributed by electronic means.
- Mailer (n): A person or company that sends mail; also, a container for mailing something.
- Mailing (n): The act of sending items by post; also, a batch of items sent at one time (e.g., a fundraising mailing).
Synonyms
- Noun (Post): Post, correspondence.
- Noun (Armor): Armor, chain mail.
- Verb: Post, send.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Mail out: To send items, especially in large quantities, to multiple recipients.
- The company will mail out the new catalogs next week.
Related Idioms
- "The check is in the mail": A common, often humorously suspect, excuse for a delayed payment.
- He promised the payment was coming and said, "The check is in the mail."
- "Junk mail": Unsolicited advertising or promotional material received by post.
- My mailbox is always full of junk mail.
Noun
- (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
- 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
- a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system
- 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'
- the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
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
- send via the postal service
- I'll mail you the check tomorrow