THIRD-CLASS MAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does third-class mail mean? 

• THIRD-CLASS MAIL (noun)
  The noun THIRD-CLASS MAIL has 1 sense:

1. mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates

  Familiarity information: THIRD-CLASS MAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THIRD-CLASS MAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

third-class mail; third class

Hypernyms ("third-class 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 "third-class mail"):

junk mail (third-class mail consisting of advertising and often addressed to 'resident' or 'occupant')