envelope's

Owned by mail-wrapper

Envelope's is the possessive form of envelope, the flat paper container for letters or documents.

It indicates something belonging to or associated with an envelope: The envelope's seal was broken, Check the envelope's return address.

Also used for the figurative envelope—the boundary of acceptable limits: The envelope's edges keep getting pushed by new technology.

stationery

seal

Authentication stamp or mark

letter · mailbox · postage · paper · adhesive · window · return address · greeting card · invitation · correspondence

boundary

limit

Maximum allowed extent

parameter · margin · extent · perimeter · range · scope · ceiling · maximum · restriction · cap

container

contents

What something holds

sleeve · pouch · casing · holder · sheath · covering · protective · documents · cash · packet

pushing

testing

Examining to evaluate

exceeding · innovation · risk-taking · pioneering · boundaries · limits · daring · boldness · experimentation · advancement

geometry

curve

Smooth, angleless line

contour · trajectory · mathematical · family · bounding · locus · differential · parametric · curvature · construction

Opposites
container vs. contents

envelope'scontents

What something holds

letter's · message's · document's · card's

Phrases
Family

envelope, envelopes, enveloped

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G