snail mail

snail mail

n. Informal

Mail delivered by a postal system, as distinct from electronic mail.

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snail mail Informal

n

(Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) the conventional postal system, as opposed to electronic mail

vb snail-mail

(Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) (tr) to send by the conventional postal system, rather than by electronic mail

[so named because of the relative slowness of the conventional postal system]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

snail mail - any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service; "email is much faster than snail mail" mail service, postal service, mail, post - the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'" e-mail, electronic mail, email - (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in; "you cannot send packages by electronic mail" e-mail, electronic mail, email - (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in; "you cannot send packages by electronic mail" e-mail, electronic mail, email - (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in; "you cannot send packages by electronic mail"

Translations

snail mail

n (hum) → Schneckenpost f (inf, im Gegensatz zur elektronischen Post)