mails

Dispatches by post

Mails is a plural noun and verb form of mail.

As a plural, it typically refers to multiple postal systems or services: the royal mails of Europe.

More commonly, mails appears as a verb meaning to send via postal service: She mails the rent check on the first of every month.

In digital contexts, it means to send electronically: He mails the report to his supervisor before leaving.

The third-person singular form appears in phrases like whatever he mails arrives late.

correspondence

letters

Alphabetic characters or mail

postman · delivery · packages · parcels · postcards · address · inbox · sorting · courier · carrier

armor

chainmail

Armor of linked rings

riveted · butted · links · smithing · armorsmith · protection · knight · medieval · warfare · scales

Opposites
sending vs. retaining

mailskeeps

Retains or strongholds

retains · holds · withholds · stores · hoards

sending vs. receiving

mailsreceives

Takes into possession

gets · collects · accepts · picks up · retrieves

physical vs. electronic transmission

mailsemails

Digital written messages

texts · messages · faxes · wires · telegraphs

Phrases
Family

mail, email, mailed, mailman, mailing, emails, mailbox, mailboxes, mailer

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G