snail mail
physical delivery of mail, as contrasted with email.
the letters, packages, etc., delivered this way.
Origin of snail mail
1- Also called s-mail [es-meyl] /ˈɛsˌmeɪl/ .
Words Nearby snail mail
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How to use snail mail in a sentence
When school districts reach out to families, they often do so through text messages, robocalls, emails, Facebook posts and snail mail.
Unprecedented numbers of students have disappeared during the pandemic. Schools are working harder than ever to find them. | Moriah Balingit | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostEmail promised to improve on the failings of phones, fax machines, and snail mail when it rose to prominence in the 1990s.
This weekend, I sent out a snail mail newsletter about voting, wrote to my council member about a local issue, and sent a few letters to Kenosha.
Letter-writing staved off lockdown loneliness. Now it’s getting out the vote. | Tanya Basu | September 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewWhether you receive your stimulus payment via direct deposit or as a paper check through snail mail, the IRS will also send you a letter in the mail 15 days later letting you know that the payment was sent.
Scammers Could Be After Your Stimulus Check. Here's How to Avoid Them | Patrick Lucas Austin | April 27, 2020 | Time
British Dictionary definitions for snail mail
/ informal /
the conventional postal system, as opposed to electronic mail
(tr) to send by the conventional postal system, rather than by electronic mail
Origin of snail mail
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for snail mail
A term used to denote mail sent via the traditional postal service, usually to contrast that process to e-mail.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Other Idioms and Phrases with snail mail
Ordinary postal service, as opposed to electronic communications. For example, He hasn't taken to his computer so he's still using snail mail. This slangy idiom, alluding to the alleged slowness of the snail, caught on at least partly for its rhyme. [1980s]
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