snail-mail

Translations

snail-mailnoun
snail-mails
pl
обычная почтаразг.; подчёркивает медленность и противопоставляется электронной почте
I sent the package via snail-mail.
Я отправил посылку обычной почтой.
Additional translations
традиционная почта
улиточная почташутл.; калька с английского
snail-mailverb
snail-mailed
Past Simple
snail-mailed
Past Participle
snail-mailing
Gerund
Regular transitive verb formed by conversion from the noun.
выслатьотправить обычной почтой (в отличие от электронной)
He snail-mailed the invitation yesterday.
Он выслал приглашение вчера.
snail-mailadjective
Used attributively before another noun (e.g. ‘snail-mail address’).
почтовыйотносящийся к обычной почте
We still need your snail-mail address for our records.
Нам всё ещё нужен ваш почтовый адрес для наших записей.

Definitions

snail-mailnoun
Mail delivered by a conventional postal service, regarded as slow compared with electronic mail.
The signed contract should arrive by snail-mail in three days.
snail-mailverb
To send (a letter, document, etc.) through the conventional postal service rather than electronically.
Please snail-mail the completed form to our office.
snail-mailadjective
Relating to or delivered by the conventional postal service.
We still need your snail-mail address for our records.