mailable

mail ¹  (ml)

n.

1.

a. Materials, such as letters and packages, handled in a postal system.

b. Postal material for a specific person or organization.

c. Material processed for distribution from a post office at a specified time: the morning mail.

2. A system by which letters, packages, and other postal materials are transported. Used in the plural with the.

3. A vehicle by which mail is transported.

4. Mail or messages sent electronically; e-mail.

v. mailed, mail·ing, mails

v.tr.

To send by mail.

v.intr.

To send letters and other postal material by mail.

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[Middle English male, bag, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]

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maila·ble adj.

maila·bili·ty n.

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mail ²  (ml)

n.

1. Flexible armor composed of small overlapping metal rings, loops of chain, or scales.

2. The protective covering of certain animals, as the shell of a turtle.

tr.v. mailed, mail·ing, mails

To cover or armor with mail.

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[Middle English, from Old French maile, from Latin macula, blemish, mesh.]

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mail ³  (ml)

n. Scots

Rent, payment, or tribute.

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[Middle English mol, maile, from Old Norse ml, lawsuit.]

Translations

mailable

adj (esp US) → postversandfähig