noun / verb
MAYL/meɪl/
Correspondence delivered through an organized messaging service.
The mail in the open mailbox includes envelopes and a small package.
Etymology
Mail originally named a traveling bag, then a bag full of letters. The name shifted from the container to its contents, giving the modern sense of letters and parcels sent through the post.
In context
we awaited orders and wrote letters at this time the mail came in regularly and the news from home helped to pass the weary hours of waiting
More examples
- She mails a birthday card to her grandmother every year.
- I check my mail online before starting work.
- Your replacement card should arrive by mail next week.
Forms
mail · mails · mailed · mailing
mailer noun — An envelope designed for sending items.
mailing noun — A batch of items sent by mail.
Similar words
- correspondence
- Usually refers to exchanged letters or messages, not packages.
- Specifically electronic messages, rather than physically delivered letters or packages.
- send
- Describes moving something to a recipient by any method.