Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mail1
▶noun letters and parcels sent by post.
■ (N. Amer. & W. Indian also the mails) the postal system.
■ Computing email.
▶verb send by post.■ Computing send email to.
– derivatives
mailable adjective.
mailable adjective.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘travelling bag’): from OFr. male ‘wallet’, of W. Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mail2
▶noun
- 1 historical armour made of metal rings or plates joined together flexibly.
- 2 the protective shell or scales of certain animals.
– origin ME: from OFr. maille, from L. macula ‘spot or mesh’.
'mail' also found in these Oxford entries:
airmail
- blackmail
- certified mail
- chain mail
- coat of mail
- collection
- diplomatic bag
- direct mail
- electronic mail
- email
- habergeon
- hauberk
- IMAP
- junk mail
- letter box
- mailbag
- mailboat
- mail bomb
- mailbox
- mail drop
- mailing
- mail merge
- mail order
- mailshot
- mallet
- maul
- packet
- panzer
- post
- post-chaise
- postcode
- poste restante
- post horn
- pouch
- registered post
- return
- RM
- SMTP
- snail mail
- sorting office
- special delivery
- stagecoach
- third class
- tourniquet
- unaddressed
- van
