Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The system of conveying mail by aircraft.
- noun Mail conveyed or to be conveyed by aircraft.
- transitive verb To send (a letter, for example) by air.
- adjective Of, relating to, or for use with air mail.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or relating to such a system.
- noun The
system ofconveying mail usingaircraft . - noun The
items of mail so carried. - verb transitive To
send mail byair .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun letters and packages that are transported by aircraft
- verb send or transport by airmail
- noun a system of conveying mail by aircraft
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Examples
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I sent my husband a card snail mail but airmail from the U.S. to the Ajijic box on Nov. 22.
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Soon, barnstorming gave way to real aviation businesses such as airmail and passenger point-to-point carriage.
Peter Diamandis: Commercial Spaceflight for the Rest of Us -- Congratulations to Virgin Galactic 2009
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North Korea will promise not to send anymore "airmail" to that island.
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With the advent of the airplane it became possible to move goods much more quickly, reducing the end-to-end time to deliver some items (such as airmail) to days.
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When I went there to mail some books to myself back in March, I was told that M-bags were no longer in use since everything is sent by airmail these days.
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When I went there to mail some books to myself back in March, I was told that M-bags were no longer in use since everything is sent by airmail these days.
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Saturday, she cried with joy as she pulled out a sheath of letters, carefully folded inside airmail envelopes, from the ruins love letters between her mom and dad when he served in the Korean War.
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When I went there to mail some books to myself back in March, I was told that M-bags were no longer in use since everything is sent by airmail these days.
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When I went there to mail some books to myself back in March, I was told that M-bags were no longer in use since everything is sent by airmail these days.
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When I went there to mail some books to myself back in March, I was told that M-bags were no longer in use since everything is sent by airmail these days.
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