Mail vs. Airmail

Mailnoun

A bag or wallet.

Mailnoun

A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.

Mailnoun

The material conveyed by the postal service.

Mailnoun

(dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.

Mailnoun

The postal service or system in general.

Mailnoun

The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person.

Mailnoun

(uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.

Mailnoun

A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.

Mailnoun

(uncountable) Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.

Mailnoun

(nautical) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.

Mailnoun

Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.

Mailnoun

A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.

Mailnoun

(historical) An old French coin worth half a denier.

Mailnoun

A monetary payment or tribute.

Mailnoun

Rent.

Mailnoun

Tax.

Mailverb

(ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.

Mailverb

(ditransitive) To send by electronic mail.

Mailverb

(transitive) To contact (a person) by electronic mail.

Mailverb

(transitive) To arm with mail.

Mailverb

(transitive) To pinion.

Mailnoun

A spot.

Mailnoun

A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V.

Mailnoun

Rent; tribute.

Mailnoun

A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.

Mailnoun

Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.

Mailnoun

A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.

Mailnoun

Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.

Mailnoun

A bag; a wallet.

Mailnoun

The bag or bags with the letters, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter.

Mailnoun

That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office.

Mailnoun

A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.

Mailverb

To arm with mail.

Mailverb

To pinion.

Mailverb

To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail a letter.

Mailnoun

the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service

Mailnoun

the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office;

Mailnoun

a conveyance that transports mail

Mailnoun

any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered;

Mailnoun

(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

Mailverb

send via the postal service;

Mailverb

cause to be directed or transmitted to another place;

Mailnoun

letters and parcels sent by post

Mailnoun

the postal system

Mailnoun

a single delivery or collection of mail

Mailnoun

email

Mailnoun

a vehicle, such as a train, carrying mail.

Mailnoun

a bag of letters to be sent by post.

Mailnoun

used in titles of newspapers

Mailnoun

armour made of metal rings or plates joined together flexibly

Mailnoun

the protective shell or scales of certain animals.

Mailverb

send (a letter or parcel) by post

Mailverb

send (someone) email

Mailverb

clothe or cover with mail

Mail

The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems.

Airmailnoun

The system of conveying mail using aircraft.

Airmailnoun

The items of mail so carried.

Airmailverb

(transitive) To send mail by air.

Airmailverb

(baseball) To (unintentionally) throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball.

Airmailnoun

letters and packages that are transported by aircraft

Airmailnoun

a system of conveying mail by aircraft

Airmailverb

send or transport by airmail;

Airmail

Airmail (or air mail) is a mail transport service branded and sold on the basis of at least one leg of its journey being by air. Airmail items typically arrive more quickly than surface mail, and usually cost more to send.