Letters and packages
In American English, as both a noun and a verb, mail relates to the postal system (similar to the word post in British English): Has the mail come yet? Put this letter in the mail. I need to mail a letter.
Some newspapers include mail in their name (the Daily Mail, the Toronto Globe and Mail) because of their regular delivery, like the mail.
Mail occasionally serves as shorthand for email, in terms like mail server, and traditional mail may be called snail mail to make this distinction clear.
Another use of mail, separately derived, is to denote a kind of armor made from interlocking metal rings.
Written symbol or message
- postcardMailable picture souvenir
- envelopeFolded paper enclosure
- stampMark-making device
- postageFee for mailing
postman · carrier · delivery · sorting · postmark · letterbox · mailslot · airmail
Message receiving folder
- outboxQueue for dispatched messages
- spamUnsolicited bulk messages
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- newsletterPeriodic organizational publication
forward · reply · compose · thread · cc · filter · unsubscribe · phishing
Written symbol or message
- noteShort written record
- missiveFormal letter sent
- epistleFormal literary letter
- greetingExpression of welcome
invitation · thank-you · condolence · pen pal · stationery · handwritten · sealed · personal
Wrapped item for shipping
- packageWrapped item for delivery
- shipmentGoods being transported
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- courierDelivery person or service
freight · cargo · box · label · tape · fragile · contents · logistics
Chain mail tunic
- coifArranged hair style
- linksThings that connect
- rivetedFastened or enthralled
- ringsCircular bands worn
metal · protection · knight · medieval · forged · interlocking · armorer · iron
Sensationalist newspaper format
- headlineNews article title
- Fleet StreetBritish journalism metonym
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
- mastheadNewspaper's ownership box
letter
Written symbol or message
postage · postman · carrier · delivery · sorting · postmark · letterbox · mailslot · airmail · registered
inbox
Message receiving folder
- outboxQueue for dispatched messages
- spamUnsolicited bulk messages
- attachmentConnection or fondness
newsletter · forward · reply · compose · thread · cc · filter · unsubscribe · phishing · encryption
letter
Written symbol or message
greeting · invitation · thank-you · condolence · pen pal · stationery · handwritten · sealed · personal · formal
parcel
Wrapped item for shipping
- packageWrapped item for delivery
- shipmentGoods being transported
- trackingMonitoring location over time
courier · freight · cargo · box · label · tape · fragile · contents · logistics · warehouse
hauberk
Chain mail tunic
rings · metal · protection · knight · medieval · forged · interlocking · armorer · iron · steel
tabloid
Sensationalist newspaper format
- headlineNews article title
- Fleet StreetBritish journalism metonym
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
- word ladder wordshead, tail, lead, gold, cold
- mailletter, letters, envelope, postcard, stamp
- postalstamp, stamps, postal service, letter, letters
- postal servicepost office, sorting machine, stamps, stamp, letter carriers
- postal servicespost office, stamps, delivery, packages, envelopes
mailphone call
Remote voice conversation
conversation · telephone · face-to-face · live chat · video call
mailplate armor
Rigid metal body protection
plate · unarmored · breastplate · scale armor · cuirass
- junk mailUnsolicited commercial correspondence
- voice mailStored phone recordings
- fan mailLetters from admirers
- mailing addressWhere to send correspondence
- hate mailThreatening or abusive correspondence
- snail mailPhysical letter delivery
email, mailed, mailman, mailing, emails, mailbox, mails, emailing, mailboxes