Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
(countable) A piece of mail, that is, an item of (physical) mail; especially, an item of flat envelope form factor as contrasted with an item of package form factor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From mail + piece; part of the business jargon of postal services and mail marketers for more than a century, but not common among the general public until the 21st century.
