aerogram

American  

[air-uh-gram] / ˈɛər əˌgræm /

noun

1. a radiogram.

2. Older Use. a message carried by aircraft; an airmail letter.

3. Meteorology.

   1. a diagram for analyzing thermodynamic processes in the atmosphere.

   2. the record of an aerograph.

4. aérogramme.

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aerogram British  

/ ˈɛərəˌɡræm /

noun

1. Also called: air letter.  an airmail letter written on a single sheet of lightweight paper that folds and is sealed to form an envelope

2. another name for radiotelegram

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Etymology

Origin of aerogram

First recorded in 1895–1900; aero- + -gram ¹

Example Sentences

Many wrote to their family on blue aerogram letters.

From BBC

Hundreds of feather-light, blue aerograms fluttered out, dispersing their musty smells.

From Salon

Our observation of rising rates of HIV-related TB in 1991 required a letter written on an ancient typewriter, posted by aerogram and eventually published months later as a letter in the British Medical Journal.

From BBC

The family stayed in touch through letters, handwritten on lightweight, pale-blue stationery known as aerograms that took about two weeks to travel between India and California.

From Los Angeles Times

In silence she prepared crackers with peanut butter for Eliot, then sat reading old aerograms from a shoebox.

From Literature