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Definition of "airmail" []

  • To send (a letter, for example) by air. (verb-transitive)
  • Of, relating to, or for use with air mail. (adjective)
  • The system of conveying mail by aircraft. (noun)
  • Mail conveyed or to be conveyed by aircraft. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "airmail" in a sentence
  • "I sent my husband a card snail mail but airmail from the U.S. to the Ajijic box on Nov. 22."
  • "Soon, barnstorming gave way to real aviation businesses such as airmail and passenger point-to-point carriage."
  • "North Korea will promise not to send anymore "airmail" to that island."