mailable

[ mey-luh-buhl ]

adjective

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

Other Words From

• maila·bili·ty noun
• un·maila·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mailable¹

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

Example Sentences

The Justice Department’s “analysis confirms that the Comstock Act does not require the Postal Service to change our current practice, which has been to consider packages containing mifepristone and misoprostol to be mailable under federal law in the same manner as other prescription drugs,” the statement reads.

From Washington Post

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

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

"While the list of mailable addresses is quite large, it is probably no larger than any seen previously," Richard Cox, former chief information officer of the Spamhaus project, told the BBC.

From BBC

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