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mailshot

mailshot noun: bulk advertising sent through the mail.

Noun

mailshot (plural mailshots)

  1. Bulk advertising sent through the mail.

Verb

mailshot (third-person singular simple present mailshots, present participle mailshotting, simple past and past participle mailshotted)

  1. (transitive) To send bulk advertising to (somebody) in the post.

Forms of mailshot

Noun
pluralmailshots
Verb
third-person singular presentmailshots
present participlemailshotting
past participlemailshotted
pastmailshotted

Origin of mailshot

From mail + shot.

Questions about mailshot

What does mailshot mean?
Mailshot means bulk advertising sent through the mail.
What part of speech is mailshot?
Mailshot can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of mailshot?
The plural of mailshot is mailshots.

Words near mailshot in the dictionary

  1. mailsacks
  2. mailship
  3. mailships
  4. mailshirt
  5. mailshirts
  6. mailshot
  7. mailshots
  8. mailshotted
  9. mailshotting
  10. mailslot
  11. mailslots

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