smail

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɛs.meɪl/ (US)
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/ˈɛs.meɪl/ (US) · /smeɪl/ (US)

Definition of smail

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Internet, dated, uncountable)Conventional postal mail; snail mail.
    “To receive this list by smail send self addressed stamped envelope”
    “On a similar note just imagine if we could persuade companies that sending junk smail is hugely ineffective. All those people, using all that paper, printers, ink, postmen etc etc.”
    “I would require a copy of the original image either by smail or email (scanned image requirement - 600 dpi min / jpg file) and the basic required size you would like the stamp/stamps to be.”
    “... so when I get promoted I can promote my connection :-) It has now been ordered, I just have to wait for the connection pack to be sent by smail.”
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noun

  1. (Internet, dated, uncountable)Conventional postal mail; snail mail.
    “To receive this list by smail send self addressed stamped envelope”
    “On a similar note just imagine if we could persuade companies that sending junk smail is hugely ineffective. All those people, using all that paper, printers, ink, postmen etc etc.”
    “I would require a copy of the original image either by smail or email (scanned image requirement - 600 dpi min / jpg file) and the basic required size you would like the stamp/stamps to be.”
    “... so when I get promoted I can promote my connection :-) It has now been ordered, I just have to wait for the connection pack to be sent by smail.”

verb

  1. (Internet, dated)To send by postal mail.
    “You can retrieve the references and go to lib. to get the articles, order the articles to be smailed to you from NLM, or download them to your fax machine”
    “I sent some key lime seeds to Davida last year by US Mail. IIRC, the cost of smailing few seeds was 4 or 5 bucks. --Dick.”
    “He met her on IRC and she started emailing, then smailing, then calling on the phone”
    “I eventually stopped trying this bloated crud, and rang the Department to smail me the docs.[…] I gave up and got a friend to get me the documents in person from that office.”

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From snail mail, patterned on email.

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