EXPRESS MAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does express mail mean? 

• EXPRESS MAIL (noun)
  The noun EXPRESS MAIL has 1 sense:

1. mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system

  Familiarity information: EXPRESS MAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPRESS MAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

express; express mail

Hypernyms ("express mail" is a kind of...):

mail (the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "express mail"):

pony express (express mail carried by relays of riders on horseback; especially between Missouri and California around 1860)

 Context examples 

If you can’t travel over the weekend of March 7-8, you might receive a message by text, email, letter, or express mail that makes you very happy and surprised.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)