Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being mailed; such that it can be sent by mail in accordance with the regulations governing the post-office.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective U.S. Admissible lawfully into the mail. Opposed to
non-mailable . Dangerous items such as explosives, weapons, or corrosive chemicals are often classified by the postal authorities as non-mailable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That can be (physically and/or legally) sent by
mail .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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OK I was hoping for some Twlight E-mailable/downloadable valentines to send some friends but I guess I am going to have to make my own.
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Republicans like mailable micro-minds that they can mold to their agenda.
I'm 'saddened' by 'vicious attacks' on Palin, McCain says 2009
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I've seen technology that would certainly beef up MoMA snaps: Stickybits, for instance, uses scanned bar codes that allow users to attach video, photos, and other digital information to birthday cards, mailable objects, and any other scannable item: even walls and lamp posts.
Cat Weaver: MoMA's Got a Brand New App: Learning to Leverage Social Media 2010
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I've seen technology that would certainly beef up MoMA snaps: Stickybits, for instance, uses scanned bar codes that allow users to attach video, photos, and other digital information to birthday cards, mailable objects, and any other scannable item: even walls and lamp posts.
Cat Weaver: MoMA's Got a Brand New App: Learning to Leverage Social Media Cat Weaver 2010
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Section 1725 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code prohibits placing mailable materials like circulars and sales bills with unpaid postage in mailboxes with intent to avoid payment of postage.
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I've seen technology that would certainly beef up MoMA snaps: Stickybits, for instance, uses scanned bar codes that allow users to attach video, photos, and other digital information to birthday cards, mailable objects, and any other scannable item: even walls and lamp posts.
Cat Weaver: MoMA's Got a Brand New App: Learning to Leverage Social Media 2010
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“Now in mailable envelopes, so you can send some ham to one of our boys overseas!” boblipton says:
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Does it have the postage block that would make it mailable?
AFSCME's Hillary Leaflet -- Brought To You By "Your Union" 2009
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The rules called for readers to send us any mailable object; if it came in an envelope or a box, it was disqualified.
15th Anniversary: Weirdest POOP to Land in Wired's Mailbox Joanna Pearlstein 2008
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The rules called for readers to send us any mailable object; if it came in an envelope or a box, it was disqualified.
Wired Top Stories 2008
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