mailable

American  

[mey-luh-buhl] / ˈmeɪ lə bəl /

adjective

1. legally acceptable as mail, as in terms of content, size, or weight.

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Other Word Forms

• mailability noun
• unmailable adjective

Etymology

Origin of mailable

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; mail ¹ + -able

Example Sentences

We called up some of our favorite bakers, creators, recipe developers, and cookbook authors to shrink a banquet table of winter treats into a mailable cookie box.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2021

And paper will still be the only option for some 10% of the U.S. population living in rural and remote areas or without mailable addresses.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 24, 2017

SW: We're testing a mailable reader, a very thin, hard box about the size of a large postcard.

From Time Magazine Archive

The person who puts mailable material into mailboxes himself to avoid payment of postage faces a maximum fine of $300 per offense.

From Time Magazine Archive

The arrangements for mailing and receiving letters in Paris are, in general, very satisfactory,—the branch post-offices are over a hundred in number, and they will receive not only letters and mailable packages, but telegrams.

From Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 by Walton, William