SNAIL MAIL

Meaning of SNAIL MAIL in English

noun

[ U ] ( informal , humorous ) used especially by people who use email on computers to describe the system of sending letters by ordinary mail

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 — 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 snail mail , because it is very slow in comparison with …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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