A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
Other meanings
The (physical) material conveyed by the postal service.
The postal service or system in general.
“He decided to send his declaration by mail.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "male" (bag, wallet).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “mail” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.