English Dictionary

mail

noun

(now regional) A bag or wallet. / A bag containing letters to be delivered by post. / The material conveyed by the postal service. / (dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.

I left my wallet at home.

意味（1）

(now regional) A bag or wallet.

What, loo, man, see here of dyce a bale; / A brydelynge caste for that is in thy male!

意味（2）

A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.

意味（3）

The material conveyed by the postal service.

Don't forget to pick up the mail on your way.

意味（4）

(dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.

On the morning after the one-day strike, October 4, one of the Type 4s on crew-training, No. D169, was appropriated to head the 3 a.m. mail to Hull, as no steam locomotive had been lit up and the usual Hull Type 3 was not available; ….

意味（5）

The postal service or system in general.

He decided to send his declaration by mail.

意味（6）

(chiefly US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person.

意味（7）

(uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.

意味（8）

A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.

“Fetch me the little private mail with the padlocks, that I recommended to your particular charge — d'ye hear?”