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AIRMAIL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system of conveying mail by aircraft

Synonyms:

airmail; airpost

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("airmail" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

airmail (send or transport by airmail)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Letters and packages that are transported by aircraft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("airmail" is a kind of...):

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

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Send or transport by airmail

Example:

Letters to Europe from the U.S. are best airmailed

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "airmail" is one way to...):

mail; post; send (cause to be directed or transmitted to another place)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence examples:

They airmail the parcel to their parents

They airmail them the parcel

Derivation:

airmail (a system of conveying mail by aircraft)

airmailer (a mailer for airmail)

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