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Meaning of snail mail | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈsneɪl ˌmeɪl/

Definitions

  1. Mail (physical material) sent in the post, especially as compared with email.
    retronym, uncountable
  2. Mail (postal service), especially as compared with email.
    retronym, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I came home to a mailbox stuffed with snail mail.”
“To send a letter by snail mail (the Postal Service), you must still compose it, and also print it out, unless you write it by hand or on a typewriter.”
“The official notice will be sent via both email and snail mail owing to legal requirements.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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