Pronunciation: /meɪl/
The English word “mail” has 20 meanings listed here.
noun
- A bag or wallet.
- A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
- The (physical) material conveyed by the postal service.
- The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person.
- A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
- The postal service or system in general.
- Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.
- Email messages conceived in bulk (as with the analogous sense of physical mail).
- An email message.
- A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
- Armour consisting of metal rings linked together.
- Armour consisting of small plates linked together.
- A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
- Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
- A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.
verb
- To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
- To send by electronic mail.
- To contact (a person) by electronic mail.
- To arm with mail.
- To pinion.
Etymology
From Middle English male, from Anglo-Norman male, Old French male (“bag, wallet”), from Frankish *malha (“bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather pouch”). Compare Dutch maal.
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