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airmail

/ˈɛəɹ(ˌ)meɪl/

airmail noun: the system of conveying mail using aircraft.

airmail: the system of conveying mail using aircraft
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Noun

airmail (countable and uncountable, plural airmails)

  1. The system of conveying mail using aircraft.
    • to send a letter by airmail
  2. The items of mail so carried.

Verb

airmail (third-person singular simple present airmails, present participle airmailing, simple past and past participle airmailed)

  1. (transitive) To send mail by air.
  2. To (unintentionally) throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball.

airmail meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

airmail in Hindi

the system of conveying mail using aircraft
हवाई डाक havāī ḍāk

airmail in Urdu

the system of conveying mail using aircraft
ہَوائی ڈاک havāī ḍāk

airmail in Bengali

বিমান ডাক

airmail in Kannada

ಗಾಳಿಯಂಚೆ
More languagesFewer languages
airmail in Gujarati
વિમાનટપાલ vimānaṭpāl
airmail in Arabic
بَرِيد جَوِّيّ barīd jawwiyy
airmail in Malay
mel udara
airmail in Indonesian
pos udara

Forms of airmail

Noun
pluralairmails
alternative formair mail
Verb
third-person singular presentairmails
present participleairmailing
past participleairmailed
pastairmailed

Origin of airmail

From air + mail.

Words formed from airmail

Questions about airmail

What does airmail mean?
Airmail means the system of conveying mail using aircraft.
What is airmail in Hindi?
Airmail in Hindi is हवाई डाक (havāī ḍāk). See Airmail meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is airmail?
Airmail can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce airmail?
Airmail is pronounced /ˈɛəɹ(ˌ)meɪl/.
What is the plural of airmail?
The plural of airmail is airmails.

Words near airmail in the dictionary

  1. airlock
  2. airlocked
  3. airlocking
  4. airlocks
  5. airly
  6. airmail
  7. airmail field
  8. airmailed
  9. airmailer
  10. airmailing
  11. airmails

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: airmail (page history and authors); airmail (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); airmail (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); વિમાનટપાલ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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