Meaning & use
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Letters, packages, and other items sent or delivered through a postal system.
See it in a sentence
She checked the mailbox but found only bills and flyers.
The package was sent by express mail to arrive the next day.
A note on using this word
Mail also refers to flexible armor made of interlocking metal rings (chain mail), an entirely different word that shares the same spelling by coincidence.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. noun
Flexible armor made of small metal rings linked together.
The knight wore a shirt of chain mail beneath his tunic.
3. verb
To send something through the postal system.
Please mail the signed contract back by Friday.
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