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mail

 
 
/meɪl/ noun [U]

Definition

LETTERS letters and parcels that are brought by post: We got loads of mail this morning.
SYSTEM mainly US the system by which letters and parcels are taken and brought: Send it by mail. The letter is in the mail. → See also email → See also junk mail → See also snail mail → See also surface mail → See also voice mail
(Definition of mail noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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