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say it: mayl
mail is a noun and verb meaning "the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service". It is pronounced /ˈmeɪl/ — mayl. It carries 7 recorded senses.
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
“the mail handles billions of items every day”
“he works for the United States mail service”
“in England they call mail `the 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
“your mail is on the table”
“is there any post for me?”
“she was opening her post”
(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
Middle Ages
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mail come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.