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Verb: mail  meyl
  1. Send via the postal service
    "I'll mail you the check tomorrow"
    - get off
     
  2. Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
    "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"
    - post [Brit], send
Noun: mail  meyl
  1. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
     
  2. 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"
    - mail service, postal service, post [Brit]
     
  3. A conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system
     
  4. Any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
    "your mail is on the table"
    - post [Brit]
     
  5. (Middle Ages) flexible armour made of interlinked metal rings
    - chain mail, ring mail, chain armor [US], chain armour [Brit, Cdn], ring armor [US], ring armour [Brit, Cdn]

Sounds like: male

Derived forms: mailing, mailed, mails

See also: mailer, mailing

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, body armor [US], body armour [Brit, Cdn], cataphract, coat of mail, collection, communicating, communication, conveyance, message, send, send out, suit of armor [US], suit of armour [Brit, Cdn], transfer, transport

Encyclopedia: Mail Mail, Shetland