mailnoun
uk/meɪl/us/meɪl/mail noun (LETTERS/PACKAGES)
A2 [ S or U ] UK also post the letters, etc. that are sent to or from people, or the system for sending letters, etc. from place to place:
She spent the morning reading and answering her mail.
All of our customers will be contacted by mail.
The book came in yesterday's mail.
Some strange things get sent through the mail.
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- Please redirect any mail that arrives for me to my address in Ottawa.
- I'm afraid it's fairly mindless work - opening mail and keying data into a computer.
- What time does the mail usually arrive in the morning?
- We get two deliveries of mail a day.
- Circulars and other junk mail go straight in the bin.
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Communications - the postal system
- certified mail
- consign
- direct mail
- express
- mail slot
- mailbag
- mass mailing
- p. and p.
- parcel post
- pillar box
- pin code
- PO
- PO box
- postmaster
- shipping and handling
- snail mail
- stamped addressed envelope
- surface mail
- window
- zip code
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mail noun (EMAIL)
A2 [ C or U ] email:
I had almost 50 unread mails in my inbox.
You have mail.
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Internet terminology
- .co.uk
- all-you-can-eat
- API
- app
- banner
- BBS
- bitcoin
- bounce
- chill room
- e-commerce
- firewall
- instant messaging
- JPEG
- posting
- troll
- vlog
- VOD
- Web 2.0
- web hosting
- web-enabled
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mail noun (COVERING)
[ U ] → chain mail
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Arms & munitions in general
- air-to-air
- air-to-ground
- ammo
- ammunition
- anti-aircraft
- arsenal
- battering ram
- battledress
- breastplate
- bulletproof
- catapult
- CS gas
- mustard gas
- nerve gas
- poison gas
- sarin
- stab vest
- strategic
- strategic weapon
- tear gas
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mailverb [ T ]
uk/meɪl/us/meɪl/mainly US UK usually postto send a letter, etc. or to email something:
She mailed it last week but it still hasn't arrived.
[ + two objects ] I promised to mail him the article/mail the article to him.
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Delivering and despatching
- air drop
- air-dash
- airlift
- consign
- containerize
- despatch
- drop
- enclose
- fire
- fire sth off
- forward
- funnel
- get sth in
- route
- send
- send sth in
- send sth off
- send sth on
- shipping
- trot
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