airmail

== English == === Alternative forms === air mail === Etymology === From air +‎ mail. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛə.meɪl/ === Noun === airmail (countable and uncountable, plural airmails) The system of conveying mail using aircraft. The items of mail so carried. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === airmail (third-person singular simple present airmails, present participle airmailing, simple past and past participle airmailed) (transitive) To send mail by air. (baseball) To (unintentionally) throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball. ==== Translations ====