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mail

 
 
/meɪl/ noun [U]

Translation

LETTERS letters and parcels that are brought by post
posta
We got loads of mail this morning.1210
SYSTEM mainly US the system by which letters and parcels are taken and brought
posta servisi
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 mail1210
(Definition of mail noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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