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[ air-meyl ] / ˈɛərˌmeɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR airmail ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane. a letter, package, etc., sent by this system. a stamp authorizing delivery of mail by this system. adjectiveof or relating to airmail. adverbby airmail: Send all overseas letters airmail. verb (used with object)to send via airmail: I airmailed the package yesterday. Origin of airmailFirst recorded in 1910–15; air1 + mail1 Words nearby airmailairliner, air lock, air log, air-logged, airmada, airmail, airman, airmanship, Airman's Medal, air map, air marshal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for airmailWhat was America supposed to do after Pearl Harbor, put the keys to the Golden Gate in an airmail envelope and send them to Tojo? Up To A Point: What We Really Need Is a Nobel War Prize|P. J. O’Rourke|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the early days of airmail, a system of coast-to-coast arrows pointed the way for pilots. The Strange Arrows That Point the Way Across America|Nina Strochlic|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST But as the Roaring Twenties approached, a new, faster method of parcel delivery was burgeoning: airmail. The Strange Arrows That Point the Way Across America|Nina Strochlic|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST The disappearance of two airmail pilots leads to a mystery that centers about an abandoned mine and a strange old man. The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle|Edward Stratemeyer (AKA Arthur M. Winfield)
On the 4th of November, right, airmail letter to New Orleans. Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy Well, he said they hadn't been developed, and he wasn't going to have them developed, that he would send them to me airmail. Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy I would like to airmail it right away, but you Americans overload the mails at Christmas, so it would be safer to wait. The Egyptian Cat Mystery|Harold Leland Goodwin The first envelope was addressed to Lee Harvey Oswald, airmail. Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for airmail
nounthe system of conveying mail by aircraft mail conveyed by aircraft adjectiveof, used for, or concerned with airmail Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to airmailpriority mail, special delivery, express mail |