mail : Idioms & Phrases

• noun mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection
  1st class; first class; 1st-class mail.
  

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• noun mail that is sent by air transport
  

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• noun mail consisting of large numbers of identical items (circulars or advertisements) sent to individual addresses at less than 1st-class rates and paid for in one lot
  

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• noun (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
  chain mail; ring armour; chain armor; chain armour; ring armor; mail.
  

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• flexible, defensive armor of hammered metal links wrought into the form of a garment.

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• . See under Chain, and Coat.

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• noun armor that protects the wearer's whole body
  body armor; body armour; cataphract; suit of armor; suit of armour.
  

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• a defensive garment of chain mail. See Chain mail, under Chain.

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• noun primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
  polyplacophore; chiton; sea cradle.
  

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• noun mail that can neither be delivered nor returned
  dead letter.
  

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• noun advertising sent directly to prospective customers via the mail
  

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• noun (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
  e-mail; email.
  
  • you cannot send packages by electronic mail
• verb communicate electronically on the computer
  netmail; email.
  
  • she e-mailed me the good news

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• noun (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
  e-mail; email.
  
  • you cannot send packages by electronic mail

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• noun mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system
  express.
  

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• verb send by express mail or courier
  
  • Express-mail the documents immediately

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• noun mail sent to public figures from their admirers
  
  • he hired someone to answer his fan mail

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• noun mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection
  1st class; first class; 1st-class mail.
  

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• in Scotland, the fee paid for interment in a churchyard.

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• noun mail that expresses the writer's dislike or hatred (usually in offensive language)
  

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• noun unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)
  spam.
  

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• noun third-class mail consisting of advertising and often addressed to `resident' or `occupant'
  

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• (Scots Law), the rents of an estate, in whatever form paid.

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• a bag in which mailed matter is conveyed under public authority.

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• noun a boat for carrying mail
  packet boat; packet; mailboat.
  

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• a boat that carries the mail.

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• noun a call of names of those receiving mail
  

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• noun a railway car in which mail is transported and sorted
  

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• noun a man who delivers the mail
  letter carrier; mailman; postman; carrier.
  

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• an iron rod, or other contrivance, attached to a railroad car for catching a mail bag while the train is in motion.

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• noun a clerk in a post office
  postal clerk.
  

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• noun use of the mails to defraud someone
  

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• an officer whose duty it is to guard the public mails. Eng.

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• noun a purchase negotiated by mail
  

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• verb transmit by mail
  
  • The company mailed out the catalog to all potential customers

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• noun pouch used in the shipment of mail
  mailbag.
  

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• noun the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
  mail; post; postal service.
  
  • 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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• noun a slot (usually in a door) through which mail can be delivered
  

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• noun a train that carries mail
  

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• a railroad train carrying the mail.

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• adjective satellite having bony plates on the sides of the head
  

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• adjective satellite wearing protective mail
  mailed.
  

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• noun buying goods to be shipped through the mail
  catalog buying.
  

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Mail"-shell` noun

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) A chiton.

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• noun the address where a person or organization can be communicated with
  

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• noun a list of names and addresses to which advertising material is mailed
  

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• noun a card for sending messages by post without an envelope
  postcard; postal card; post card.
  

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• noun mail that is registered by the post office when sent in order to assure safe delivery
  registered post.
  

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• noun (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
  chain mail; ring armour; chain armor; chain armour; ring armor; mail.
  

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• a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed upon a garment of leather or of cloth.

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Sea"-mail` noun

Etymology

Sea + (perhaps) Mall Mally, for Mary; hence, Prov. E. mally a hare.

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) A gull; the mew.

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• noun any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service
  
  • email is much faster than snail mail

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• noun mail that is sent by land or sea
  

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• noun mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates
  third class.
  

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• noun a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed
  voicemail.
  

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