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1 (BrE also post) the official system used for sending and delivering letters, packages, etc:
a mail service / train / van * the Royal Mail * Your cheque is in the mail. * We do our business by mail.
seealsoAIRMAIL, SNAILMAIL, VOICEMAIL
2 (BrE also post) letters, packages, etc. that are sent and delivered:
There isn't much mail today. * I sat down to open the mail. * Is there a letter from them in the mail? * hate mail (= letters containing insults and threats)
seealsoJUNKMAIL, SURFACEMAIL
3 messages that are sent or received on a computer:
Check regularly for new mail.
seealsoELECTRONICMAIL, E-MAIL
4 used in the title of some newspapers:
the Mail on Sunday
5 = CHAINMAIL:
a coat of mail -< POST
verb ~ sth (to sb/sth)
