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mail·bag

 (māl′băg′)
n.
1. A large canvas sack used for transporting mail.
2. A bag suspended from the shoulder, used by letter carriers for carrying mail.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

mailbag

(ˈmeɪlˌbæɡ) ,

mailsack

or

mailpouch

n
a large bag used for transporting or delivering mail
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mail•bag

(ˈmeɪlˌbæg)

n.
1. a mail carrier's bag.
2. a sack for shipping mail.
[1805–15]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.mailbag - pouch used in the shipment of mailmailbag - pouch used in the shipment of mail  
mail pouch
diplomatic pouch - a mail pouch that is sealed shut and that is used to carry communications between a legation and its home office
pouch - a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things
2.mailbag - letter carrier's shoulder bagmailbag - letter carrier's shoulder bag; "in Britain they call a mailbag a postbag"
postbag
bag - a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
كيس البَريد
poštovní pytel
postsæk
postazsák
póstsekkur
vrece na poštu
posta torbası/çantası

mailbag

[ˈmeɪlbæg] N → saca f de correos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mailbag

[ˈmeɪlbæg] n
(= sack) → sac m postal
(= letters to newspaper, radio programme, MP etc) → courrier m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mailbag

[ˈmeɪlˌbæg] n → sacco postale, sacco delle poste
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mail

(meil) noun
letters, parcels etc by post. His secretary opens his mail.
verb
to send by post.
ˈmailbag noun
a bag for letters etc. The letters are put into mailbags and sent to London by train.
ˈmailbox noun
a postbox.
ˈmailman (-mӕn) noun
(American) a postman.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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