noun
any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service
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email is much faster than snail mail
• Ant: ↑electronic mail, ↑e-mail, ↑email
• Hypernyms: ↑mail, ↑mail service, ↑postal service, ↑post
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noun1. : mail delivered by a postal system
2. : mail II,3a
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Facetious. physical delivery of mail, as contrasted with electronic mail. Also called s-mail.
[1980-85]
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snail mail noun (facetious)
Normal, in contrast to electronic, mail
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Main Entry: ↑snail
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letters that are sent by post This expression is used mainly by people writing emails .
Thesaurus: post office and posthyponym
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snail mail «snayl mayl», Informal
1. regular postal service.
2. mail sent using this system.
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n. informal the ordinary postal system as opposed to electronic mail
■ correspondence sent using the postal system
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noun [noncount]
informal + humorous : ordinary mail that is delivered by a postal system : mail that is not e-mail
She still uses snail mail for paying bills.
I can be contacted by e-mail and snail mail.
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used especially by people who use email to describe the system of sending letters by ordinary mail
Useful english dictionary. 2012.