Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mailing

/ˈmeɪlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: mail-ing
IPA: /ˈmeɪlɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act of sending mail.

verb

present participle and gerund of mail

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"He has taken to flooding the mailboxes of gay organizations in recent months, urging us to do this or buy that; two recent examples of such mailings are especially telling. In one, he suggests that we join a national writers union […] The other mailing offers us the chance to pay for the privilege of sending flyers for the gay books Witomski thinks are so terrible."

Etymology

See mail (“rent”).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

mailings (plural)

Phrases

mailing shot

Synonyms

posting

Rhymes With

failing sailing scaling detailing prevailing trailing railing whaling unveiling hailing wailing ailing

Questions

How do you pronounce mailing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmeɪlɪŋ/.
What does mailing mean?: An act of sending mail.
Where does mailing come from?: See mail (“rent”).

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