noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ bulky , fat , thick
▪ large , small
▪ sealed
▪ return ( AmE ), self-addressed , stamped addressed ( BrE )
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Please enclose a self-addressed ~ if you would like a reply.
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a self-addressed stamped ~ ( AmE )
▪ postage-paid , prepaid , reply-paid ( BrE )
▪
To apply, use the enclosed reply-paid ~ (no stamp needed).
▪ padded
▪ airmail
▪ brown , buff , manila , plain , white
▪
an official-looking manila ~
VERB + ENVELOPE
▪ open , rip open , slit open , steam open , tear open
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The letter was suspicious, and I considered steaming open the ~.
▪ address , mark
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an ~ addressed in my mother's round handwriting
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The ~ was marked ‘Personal’.
▪ seal
▪ mail ( AmE ), post ( BrE ), send
▪ stuff
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You don't earn much stuffing ~s.
ENVELOPE + VERB
▪ contain sth , enclose sth
PREPOSITION
▪ in an/the ~
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I had put the letter in the wrong ~.
▪ into an/the ~
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He quickly stuffed the money back into the ~.
▪ on an/the ~
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I couldn't read the address on the ~.
▪ ~ of
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He gave her the ~ of certificates.
PHRASES
▪ the back of an ~
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I scribbled his phone number on the back of an ~.