Mail (Noun)
Meaning 1
A conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 2
(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 3
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".
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 4
The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The mail truck rumbled down the road, carrying a shipment of letters and packages to the sorting facility.
- The post office had a large room dedicated to processing and sorting the mail that came in every day.
- After a long delay, the mail finally arrived, bringing with it a welcome batch of birthday cards and gifts.
- The mail carrier trudged through the snow, determined to deliver the mail to every house on her route despite the bad weather.
- The mailroom was a flurry of activity as employees sorted and packaged the mail for its next journey.
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Meaning 5
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'".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.