Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: mail
IPA transcription: [m'eɪl]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: mail
    Meaning: the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
  • Synonyms: mail, mail_service, postal_service, post
    Meaning: the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'"
  • Synonyms: mail
    Meaning: a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: mail, get_off
    Meaning: send via the postal service; "I'll mail you the check tomorrow"
Usage examples
  • No mail yet."
  • "By mail?" asked Freckles.
  • 'It came in the Maxineffs' mail this morning.
  • The Cape mail touched at Plymouth yesterday."
  • Roddy glued his gaze afresh to the Daily Mail.
  • I shall, however, know before I mail this note.
  • The mail picked us up about dusk at the Royal George on the heath.
  • I was just in time to catch the special mail which left this morning.
  • And the great city of Skyland, all disconsolate, waiting for its mail?
  • Now one doesn't read the Paris edition of the London Daily Mail with tense excitement.