Snail Mail (Noun)
Meaning
Any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service; "email is much faster than snail mail".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The company prefers to receive applications through email rather than snail mail to speed up the hiring process.
- I love getting handwritten letters in the snail mail, it's so much more personal than a text message.
- With the rise of digital communication, the use of snail mail has significantly decreased over the years.
- The artist carefully packaged her painting and sent it via snail mail to the gallery for the upcoming exhibition.
- The customer had to wait several days for her package to arrive through snail mail, which was frustrating for her.