The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.

Roget 272: vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van; common carrier; wagon, waggon^†, wain, dray, cart, lorry.    truck, tram; cariole, carriole^†; limber, tumbrel, pontoon; barrow; wheel barrow, hand barrow; perambulator; Bath chair, wheel chair, sedan chair; chaise; palankeen^†, palanquin; litter, brancard^†, crate, hurdle, stretcher, ambulance; black Maria; conestoga wagon, conestoga wain; jinrikisha, ricksha, brett^†, dearborn [U.S.], dump cart, hack, hackery^†, jigger, kittereen^†, mailstate^†, manomotor^†, rig, rockaway^†, prairie schooner [U.S.], shay, sloven, team, tonga^†, wheel; hobbyhorse, go-cart; cycle; bicycle, bike, two-wheeler; tricycle, velocipede, quadricycle^†.    equipage, turn-out; coach, chariot, phaeton, break, mail phaeton, wagonette, drag, curricle^†, tilbury^†, whisky, landau, barouche, victoria, brougham, clarence^†, calash, caleche [Fr.], britzka^†, araba^†, kibitka^†; berlin; sulky, desobligeant [Fr.], sociable, vis-a-vis, dormeuse [Fr.]; jaunting car, outside car; dandi^†; doolie^†, dooly^†; munchil^†, palki^†; roller skates, skate; runabout; ski; tonjon^†; vettura^†.    post chaise, diligence, stage; stage coach, mail coach, hackney coach, glass coach; stage wagon, car, omnibus, fly, cabriolet^†, cab, hansom, shofle^†, four-wheeler, growler, droshki^†, drosky^†.    dogcart, trap, whitechapel, buggy, four-in-hand, unicorn, random, tandem; shandredhan^†, char-a-bancs [Fr.].    motor car, automobile, limousine, car, auto, jalopy, clunker, lemon, flivver, coupe, sedan, two-door sedan, four-door sedan, luxury sedan; wheels [Coll.], sports car, roadster, gran turismo [It], jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car, steamer; golf cart, electric wagon; taxicab, cab, taxicoach^†, checker cab, yellow cab; station wagon, family car; motorcycle, motor bike, side car; van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus; truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor-trailer, road train, articulated vehicle; racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car.    bob, bobsled, bobsleigh^†; cutter; double ripper, double runner [U.S.]; jumper, sled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan.    train; accommodation train, passenger train, express trail, special train, corridor train, parliamentary train, luggage train, freight train, goods train; 1st class train, 2nd class train, 3rd class train, 1st class carriage, 2nd class carriage, 3rd class carriage, 1st class compartment, 2nd class compartment, 3rd class compartment; rolling stock; horse box, cattle truck; baggage car, express car, freight car, parlor car, dining car, Pullman car, sleeping car, sleeper, dome car; surface car, tram car, trolley car; box car, box wagon; horse car [U.S.]; bullet train, shinkansen [Jap.], cannonball, the Wabash cannonball, lightning express; luggage van; mail, mail car, mail van.    shovel, spool, spatula, ladle, hod, hoe; spade, spaddle^†, loy^†; spud; pitchfork; post hole digger.    [powered construction vehicles] tractor, steamshovel, backhoe, fork lift, earth mover, dump truck, bulldozer, grader, caterpillar, trench digger, steamroller; pile driver; crane, wrecking crane.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 717: defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding etc. v.; propugnation^†, preservation etc. 670; guardianship.    area defense; site defense.    self-defense, self-preservation; resistance etc. 719.    safeguard etc. (safety) 664; balistraria^†; bunker, screen etc. (shelter) 666; camouflage etc. (concealment) 530; fortification; munition, muniment^†; trench, foxhole; bulwark, fosse^†, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment^†; kila^†; dike, dyke; parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment; earth work, field-work; fence, wall dead wall, contravallation^†; paling etc. (inclosure) 232; palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado^†, laager^†, sangar^†; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise [Fr.]; abatis, abattis^†, abbatis^†; vallum^†, circumvallation^†, battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp^†, counter-scarp; glacis, casemate^†; vallation^†, vanfos^†.    buttress, abutment; shore etc. (support) 215.    breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet^†, bastion, redan^†, ravelin^†; vauntmure^†; advance work, horn work, outwork; barbacan^†, barbican; redoubt; fort-elage [Fr.], fort-alice; lines.    loophole, machicolation^†; sally port.    hold, stronghold, fastness; asylum etc. (refuge) 666; keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle; tower of strength, tower of strength; fort, barracoon^†, pah^†, sconce, martello tower^†, peelhouse^†, blockhouse, rath^†; wooden walls.    [body armor] bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate^†, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum^†, cuirass, habergeon^†, mail, coat of mail, brigandine^†, hauberk, lorication^†, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade^†, heaume^†, morion^†, murrion^†, armet^†, cabaset^†, vizor^†, casquetel^†, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace^†, shako etc. (dress) 225.    bearskin; panoply; truncheon etc. (weapon) 727.    garrison, picket, piquet; defender, protector; guardian etc. (safety) 664; bodyguard, champion; knight-errant, Paladin; propugner^†.    bulletproof window.    hardened site.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: post
Pools: przesyłka

The system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office:
— The mail handles billions of items every day.
— He works for the United States mail service.
— In England they call mail `the post'.

synoniemen: mail service, post, postal service.

Roget 534: messenger, envoy, emissary, legate; nuncio, internuncio^†; ambassador etc. (diplomatist) 758.    marshal, flag bearer, herald, crier, trumpeter, bellman^†, pursuivant^†, parlementaire [Fr.], apparitor^†.    courier, runner; dak^†, estafette^†; Mercury, Iris, Ariel^†.    commissionaire [Fr.]; errand boy, chore boy; newsboy.    mail, overnight mail, express mail, next-day delivery; post, post office; letter bag; delivery service; United Parcel Service, UPS; Federal Express, Fedex.    telegraph, telephone; cable, wire (electronic information transmission); carrier pigeon.    [person reporting news] (news) 532 reporter, gentleman of the press, representative of the press; penny-a-liner; special correspondent, own correspondent; spy, scout; informer etc. 527.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: paal, publiceren, posten, postdienst
Pools: poczta

A conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system.

Any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered:
— Your mail is on the table.

synoniem: post.

Pools: korespondencja, poczta

Middle Ages Flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings.

synoniemen: chain armor, chain armour, chain mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail.

Nederlands: maliënkolder
Pools: pancerz kolczy, kolczuga, zbroja kolcza

Send via the postal service:
— I'll mail you the check tomorrow.

synoniem: get off.

Nederlands: mailen

Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place:
— I'll mail you the paper when it's written.

synoniemen: post, send.

Roget 270: transfer, transmit, transport, transplace^†, transplant, translocate; convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry; carry over, ferry over; hand pass, forward; shift; conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach; tote [U.S.]; port, import, export.    send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver; ship, embark; waft; shunt; transpose etc. (interchange) 148; displace etc. 185; throw etc. 284; drag etc. 285; mail, post.    shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: mailen