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play-by-email

play-by-email adjective: describing a game that can be played in a turn-based fashion through email.

Adjective

play-by-email (not comparable)

  1. Describing a game that can be played in a turn-based fashion through email.
    Synonyms:
    PBeM

Synonyms of play-by-email

Origin of play-by-email

Modeled on play-by-mail.

Questions about play-by-email

What does play-by-email mean?
Play-by-email means describing a game that can be played in a turn-based fashion through email.
What part of speech is play-by-email?
Play-by-email is an adjective.

Words near play-by-email in the dictionary

  1. play-actress
  2. play-actresses
  3. play-acts
  4. play-book
  5. play-books
  6. play-by-email
  7. play-by-mail
  8. play-by-mails
  9. play-by-play
  10. play-by-plays
  11. play-by-snail-mail

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