noun
- The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
- The system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office.
- usage: "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 service, postal service, post
- A conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system.
- Any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered.
- usage: "your mail is on the table"; "is there any post for me"; "she was opening her post"
- synonyms: post
- Middle Ages. ( flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings)
- synonyms: chain mail, ring mail, chain armor, chain armour, ring armor, ring armour
verb
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