HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of MAIL products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| NOUN | 1 | The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service | |
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| 2 | mail, mail service, postal service, post | The system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office | |
| 3 | A conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system | ||
| 4 | mail, post | Any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered | |
| 5 | mail, chain mail, ring mail, chain armor, chain armour, ring armor, ring armour | (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings | |
| VERB | 1 | mail, get off | Send via the postal service |
| 2 | mail, post, send | Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place |
| Sounds | mey'l |
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| Rhymes | ail, Airedale, airmail, and 90 more rhymes in eyl... |
| Meaning | The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service. |
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| Parts | letter, missive |
| Broader | message |
| Narrower | first class, 1st class, first-class mail, 1st-class mail; express, express mail; parcel post; bulk mail; third-class mail, third class; airmail; air mail; surface mail; registered mail, registered post; special delivery |
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| Meaning | The system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office. |
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| Examples | "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'" |
| Synonyms | mail service, postal service, post |
| Broader | communication, communicating |
| Narrower | airmail, airpost; snail mail |
| Verbs | mail; mail |
| Meaning | A conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system. |
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| Broader | conveyance, transport |
| Verbs | mail; mail |
| Meaning | Any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered. |
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| Examples | "your mail is on the table" |
| Synonyms | post |
| Broader | collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage |
| Narrower | fan mail; hate mail; mailing |
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| Meaning | (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings. |
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| Synonyms | chain mail, ring mail, chain armor, chain armour, ring armor, ring armour |
| Category | Middle Ages, Dark Ages |
| Broader | body armor, body armour, suit of armor, suit of armour, coat of mail, cataphract |
| Narrower | brigandine; habergeon; hauberk, byrnie; voider, gusset |
| Meaning | Send via the postal service. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
| Examples | "I'll mail you the check tomorrow" |
| Synonyms | get off |
| Broader | send, send out |
| Narrower | pouch |
| Nouns | mail; mailing; mail; mail; mailing; mail; mailer |
| Meaning | Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
| Model | They mail the parcel to their parents; They mail them the parcel |
| Examples | "I'll mail you the paper when it's written" |
| Synonyms | post, send |
| Broader | transfer |
| Narrower | express; airmail; register; express-mail |
| Entailed by | e-mail, email, netmail |
| Nouns | mail; mail; mailer; mailing; mailing |
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