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mail 1 M0040900 (māl)n.1. a. Materials, such as letters and packages, handled in a postal system: The volume of mail increases around the holidays.b. Postal material for a specific person or organization: Could you pick up my mail at the office?c. Material processed for distribution from a post office at a specified time: delivered the morning mail around town.2. A postal system. Used with the, sometimes in the plural: used the mail to send the supplies; advertisements sent through the mails.3. Chiefly British A vehicle by which mail is transported.4. Mail or messages sent electronically; email.v. mailed, mail·ing, mails v.tr. To send by a postal system: mailed the letter yesterday.v.intr. To send letters and other material by a postal system. [Middle English male, bag, from Old French, of Germanic origin.] mail′a·ble adj.
mail 2 M0040900 (māl)n.1. Flexible armor composed of small overlapping metal rings, loops of chain, or scales.2. The protective covering of certain animals, as the shell of a turtle.tr.v. mailed, mail·ing, mails To cover or armor with mail. [Middle English maille, from Old French maile, from Latin macula, blemish, mesh of a net.]
mail 3 M0040900 (māl)n. Scots Rent, payment, or tribute. [Middle English mol, maile, from Old Norse māl, lawsuit.]mail•a•ble (ˈmeɪ lə bəl) adj. acceptable as mail. [1835–45, Amer.] mail`a•bil′i•ty, n. TranslationsEncyclopediaSeemailLegalSeeMail |