mail

CEFRA1

/meɪl/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Letters and packages sent through a postal service.

  2. 02

    verb

    To send a letter or package by post.

Examples

  • Don't forget to mail that letter to your mother.

  • Don't forget to mail this letter on your way to school.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /mel/
  • /mɛj(ɪ)l/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.

  2. The (physical) material conveyed by the postal service.

  3. A bag or wallet.

More examples

In context

  • Robbers wrecked the mail train.

  • Don't forget to pick up the mail on your way.

  • 1823, The stranger in Liverpool; or, An historical and descriptive view of the town of Liverpool and its environs, Seventh Edition, T. Kaye, page 96, The following are the hours at which the letter-box of this office is closed for making up the several mails,...

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Origin

noun

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.