airmail
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Airmail postage stamp
See also: air mail
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛə.meɪl/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
airmail (countable and uncountable, plural airmails)
- The system of conveying mail using aircraft.
- to send a letter by airmail
- The items of mail so carried.
Translations
the system of conveying mail using aircraft
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the items of mail carried using aircraft
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Verb
airmail (third-person singular simple present airmails, present participle airmailing, simple past and past participle airmailed)
- (transitive) To send mail by air.
- (baseball) To (unintentionally) throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball.
Translations
to send mail by air
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