Mail Definition

māl

mailed, mailing, mails

noun

mails

A bag or piece of baggage.

Webster's New World

Postal material for a specific person or organization.

Could you pick up my mail at the office?

American Heritage

A bag or packet of letters, etc. to be transported by post.

Webster's New World

The system of collection, transportation, and delivery of letters, packages, etc.; postal system.

Webster's New World

Letters, papers, packages, etc. handled, transported, and delivered by the post office or other delivery service.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

verb

mailed, mailing, mails

To send by mail, as by putting into a mailbox; post.

Webster's New World

To cover or protect with or as with mail.

Webster's New World

To send letters and other material by a postal system.

American Heritage

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

adjective

Of mail.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Mail

Singular:

mail

Plural:

From Anglo-Norman male, meole et al., Old French male (“bag, wallet"), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“bag, pouch"), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather pouch"). Compare Dutch maal.

From Wiktionary
From Middle English maille (“mail armor"), from Old French maille (“loop, stich"), from Latin macula (“blemish, mesh"), probably from Proto-Indo-European *smh₁-tlehâ‚‚, from *smeh₁- (“smear, rub").

From Wiktionary
Middle English mal, male from Old English māl (“speech, contract, agreement") from Old Norse mál (“agreement, speech, lawsuit"). Akin to Old English mæl (“mÇ£l").

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French maile from Latin macula blemish, mesh

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English male bag from Old French of Germanic origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English mol, maile from Old Norse māl lawsuit

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition