mailbag

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈmeɪlˌbæɡ/

Definition of mailbag

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A strong canvas bag used for the transportation of mail.
    “The communicating doors of adjoining vehicles are opened simultaneously by pressing a large push-button located a suitable height for a man loaded with mailbags to contact it with his shoulder; after a time-lag of seven seconds the doors close automatically.”
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noun

  1. A strong canvas bag used for the transportation of mail.
    “The communicating doors of adjoining vehicles are opened simultaneously by pressing a large push-button located a suitable height for a man loaded with mailbags to contact it with his shoulder; after a time-lag of seven seconds the doors close automatically.”
  2. A smaller bag, slung from the shoulder, used by a mail carrier during the delivery of mail.
  3. (broadly, figuratively)The correspondence received by a publishing entity such as a magazine or website.
    “In our mailbag this month, we've got no less than 12 letters from those of you who think that Jones should not have been benched.”

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Etymology

From mail + bag.

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