SNAIL MAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snail mail mean? 

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

1. any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNAIL MAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

email is much faster than snail mail

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

mail; mail service; post; postal service (the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office)

Antonym:

e-mail; electronic mail; email ((computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in)