mail

Meaning

1. A bag or wallet.
2. A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
3. The (physical) material conveyed by the postal service.
4. The (physical) material conveyed by the postal service.
5. A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
6. The postal service or system in general.
7. Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.
8. Email messages conceived in bulk (as with the analogous sense of physical mail).
9. An email message.
10. A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.

post

postal service

correspondence

chain armour

ring mail

ring armour

mail service

piece of mail

mail out

ring armor

chain armor

chain-mail shirt

chain maille

by mail

post-office

postal symbol

military accoutrement

channelise

airmail

ring-mail

tapal

mail office

electronic message

e-mail

📧

anything made of paper

post mail

post letter

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/meɪl/

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.