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to airmail

to airmail

1 2.8
To send letters or packages by plane so they arrive faster
  • verb
  • /ˈɛrˌmeɪl/
translation icon : enviar por correo aéreo
  • I'll airmail it back to camp for you, all right?

Examples

  • Airmail it!

  • I will airmail this package to my friend overseas for faster delivery.

  • Airmail it to me right now!

  • The armaments manuals were airmailed out to me yesterday.

  • A set of opinionnaires was airmailed to each earth science education and geology professor at 14 Korean colleges and universities.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Or it will be airmailed to some other place, where it'll live out its life in another intensely biosecure environment.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Make sure to airmail those important documents so they arrive by next week.

  • Don't forget to airmail the invitation to everyone before the deadline.

Synonyms

to airlift
vsto airmail
21 4.6

To move people or supplies by plane when other transport is not possible

is the regular postal route using planes for quicker international delivery
to air-freight
vsto airmail
  • Specialized
1 4.2

To send goods by plane for fast delivery

focuses on postal handling and individual letters or small packages
to airfreight
vsto airmail
  • Specialized
4.8

Send goods by plane

uses postal service to send letters or packages faster internationally

Compounds

A letter sent by air to another country so it arrives faster

How Fast

to airmail
1 2.8
to post
  • UK
127 1.0

Surface Forms

airmail infinitive
airmailed past
airmailed past participle
airmailing present participle
airmails third person singular

Etymology

Airmail as a verb is formed from air ('the sky') and mail ('letters and packages'), and it means to send something by plane so it arrives faster.