v-mail

¹

[vee-meyl]

noun

1. video mail.

2. voice mail.

V‑mail

²

[vee-meyl]

noun

1. a mail system used by U.S. armed forces during World War II.

v-mail

/ ˈviːmeɪl /

noun

1. a video message sent by e-mail

2. a computerized communication system designed to send virtual reality messages

3. electronic mail designed to spread a computer virus

Word History and Origins

Origin of v-mail¹

V: victory

Example Sentences

“By fast V-Mail, The Times is sending to dads overseas these photographs of their wives with babies the fathers have never seen,” said the caption.

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According to the Postal Museum, V-Mail microfilmed specially designed letter sheets.

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I could hear behind my back the uncomradely scratching of many fountain pens on many sheets of V-mail paper.

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Mrs. Daneeka was overjoyed and wept irrepressibly with relief and kissed the crinkled, grubby tissue of V-mail stationery a thousand times.

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James Holten corresponded with her by V-mail, letters photographed in the war zone on microfiche and then sent as film back home.

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