mail 1  (māl) 
n. Materials, such as letters and packages, handled in a postal system. Postal material for a specific person or organization. Material processed for distribution from a post office at a specified time: the morning mail.
A system by which letters, packages, and other postal materials are transported. Used in the plural with the. A vehicle by which mail is transported. Mail or messages sent electronically; e-mail.
v.
mailed, mail·ing, mails
v.
tr.
To send by mail.
v.
intr.
To send letters and other postal material by mail.
[Middle English male, bag, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]
mail'a·ble adj., mail'a·bil'i·ty n. |
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