SNAIL MAIL

Meaning of SNAIL MAIL in English

Some computer users refer to the postal system as snail mail , because it is very slow in comparison with e-mail.

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

SNAIL MAIL — noun Date: 1983 mail delivered by a postal system, mail 3
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SNAIL MAIL — noun 1. : mail delivered by a postal system 2. : mail II,3a
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNAIL MAIL — Facetious. physical delivery of mail, as contrasted with electronic mail. Also called s-mail . [ 1980-85 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAIL MAIL — regular mail, normal postal service (not electronic mail)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SNAIL MAIL — Date: 1983 1. : mail delivered by a postal system 2. : mail 3
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNAIL MAIL — Function: noun Date: 1983 1 : mail delivered by a postal system 2 : MAIL 3
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SNAIL MAIL — ■ noun informal the ordinary post as opposed to email.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SNAIL MAIL — noun [ U ] ( informal , humorous ) used especially by people who use email on computers to describe …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAIL MAIL — ˈsnail mail BrE AmE noun [uncountable] the system of sending letters by post, as opposed to using email – used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SNAIL MAIL — Some computer users refer to the postal system as ~, because it is very slow in comparison with e-mail. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SNAIL-MAIL — Noun. Post, surface mail. Jocular expression coined with the advent of the much speedier email.
Slang English vocab
SNAIL MAIL — n 1. postal mail. "Snail mail" gets its name because it is slower than e-mail, and snails are slow creatures. …
Slang English vocab
SNAIL MAIL — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SNAIL MAIL — noun Snail mail is used before these nouns: ↑ address
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SNAIL MAIL — < messaging > (Or "snailmail", "smail" from "US Mail" via "USnail"; "paper mail"). Bits of dead tree sent via the …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
SNAIL-MAIL — term (slightly pejorative) for conventional mail when compared with e-mail or voice-mail.
Raynet Business and Marketing English Glossary
SNAIL-MAIL — Paper mail, as opposed to electronic. Sometimes written as the single word `SnailMail'. One's postal address is, correspondingly, a `snail …
Jargon File English vocabulary
SNAIL MAIL — A term that us E-mail users use to describe the traditional mail or post office service. A note will take …
English Glossary of Internet and PC Terminology
SNAIL MAIL — Write a letter.Buy a stamp,put on letter.Walk to the postbox and post letter.Wait a two or more day and hopefully …
Internet Terms and Acronyms English vocab
SNAIL MAIL — A pejorative term referring to the normal 'paper' postal service.
Internetworking Terms English vocab
SNAIL MAIL — n. The standard system of mail delivery in which letters, documents, and packages are physically transported from one location to …
New Words English vocab
SNAIL MAIL — пренебр. обычная почта в сравнении с электронной, факсом и т.д. (указание на низкую скорость ее работы)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNAIL MAIL — пренебр. обычная почта в сравнении с электронной, факсом и т.д. (указание на низкую скорость ее работы)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SNAIL MAIL — пренебр. обычная почта в сравнении с электронной, факсом и т. д. ( указание на низкую скорость ее работы )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SNAIL MAIL — пренебр. обычная почта в сравнении с электронной, факсом и т. д. (указание на низкую скорость ее работы)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SNAIL MAIL — обычная, «бумажная», «черепашья» почта
Англо-Русский словарь по компьютерам
SNAIL MAIL — обычная, «бумажная», «черепашья» почта
Computer English-Russian dictionary
SNAIL MAIL — пренебр. обычная почта в сравнении с электронной, факсом и т.д. (указание на низкую скорость ее работы)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNAIL — helice. SNAIL'S PACE: passu de helice
English interlingue dictionary
MAIL — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) chain mail e mail electronic mail Globe and Mail The {{link=voice mail">voice mail
Английский словарь Британика
SNAIL — I. ˈsnāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAIL — I. ˈmāl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English maill, male, from Old English māl terms, agreement, pay, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNAIL — (n.) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under …
Английский словарь Webster
SNAIL — (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of …
Английский словарь Webster
SNAIL — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAIL — ( n. ) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAIL — — snaillike , adj. /snayl/ , n. 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAIL — mail 1 /mayl/ , n. 1. letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAIL — n. postal service; letters and other items that are sent via the postal service; e-mail, electronic mail; conveyance (train, car, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SNAIL — I. ˈsnāl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snægl; akin to Old High German snecko snail, snahhan to creep …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAIL — I. ˈmāl noun Etymology: Middle English male, maille, from Old English māl agreement, pay, from Old Norse māl speech, agreement; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNAIL — noun the pod of the sanil clover. 2. snail ·noun hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. 3. snail …
Webster English vocab
MAIL — noun rent; tribute. 2. mail ·noun a bag; a wallet. 3. mail ·vt to arm with mail. 4. mail ·noun …
Webster English vocab
SNAIL — [snail] n [ME, fr. OE snaegl; akin to OHG snecko snail, snahhan to creep] (bef. 12c) 1: a gastropod mollusk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MAIL — [mail] n [ME male, maille, fr. OE mal agreement, pay, fr. ON mal speech, agreement; akin to OE mael speech] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNAIL — snail BrE AmE sneɪ ə l ▷ snails sneɪ ə lz ▶ ˈ snail's pace BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SNAIL — / sneɪl; NAmE / noun a small soft creature with a hard round shell on its back, that moves very …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAIL — / meɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] 1. ( BrE also post ) the official …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAIL — snail /sneɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: snægl ] 1 . a small soft creature …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAIL — I. mail 1 S3 W3 /meɪl/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Sense 1-3: Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAIL — n. & v. --n. 1 armour made of rings, chains, or plates, joined together flexibly. 2 the protective shell, scales, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAIL — n. & v. --n. 1 a letters and parcels etc. conveyed by post. b the postal system. c one complete …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SNAIL — n. any slow-moving gastropod mollusc with a spiral shell able to enclose the whole body. snail's pace a very slow …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAIL — n. & v. n. 1 a letters and parcels etc. conveyed by post. b the postal system. c one complete …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SNAIL — n. any slow-moving gastropod mollusc with a spiral shell able to enclose the whole body. Phrases and idioms: snail's pace …
Oxford English vocab
MAIL — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a letters and parcels etc. conveyed by post. b the postal system. c one …
Oxford English vocab
SNAIL — ( snails) 1. A snail is a small animal with a long, soft body, no legs, and a spiral-shaped shell. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAIL — ( mails, mailing, mailed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The mail …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAIL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES snail mail COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN shell ▪ Similarly, insects and land snail shells …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a mailing list (= a list of people that a company sends information to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SNAIL — [noun] [C] - a small thin animal that moves very slowly, eats plants and has a wet skin, no bones, …
Cambridge English vocab
MAIL — n. chain mail direct mail marketing e mail electronic mail Globe and Mail The voice mail
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MAIL — Synonyms and related words : PP, RD, RFD, air-express, airfreight, airmail, armature, armor, armor plate, body armor, book post, buckler, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAIL — n. 1. Slug. 2. Drone, idler, sluggard, laggard, slug. 3. Snail-clover, ~-trefoil ( Medicago scutellata ).
Dictionary of English Synonyms

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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