Meaning
Letters and parcels that people send to each other. British English usually says "post" for the same thing.
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Word origin
From Old French male, a bag for travelling. Letters were carried from town to town in such a bag.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- male
Examples
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"Mail" means all the letters and parcels together.
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Here "mail" is the letters that arrived for one person.
Britain , America .
The two words mean the same thing.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 20, lesson 8: mail, advantage, pure and 7 more words.