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SNAIL MAIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snail mail mean?
• SNAIL MAIL (noun)
The noun SNAIL MAIL has 1 sense:
1. any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service
Familiarity information: SNAIL MAIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
email is much faster than snail mail
Hypernyms ("snail mail" is a kind of...):
mail; mail service; post; postal service (the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office)
Antonym:
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)
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