"play-by-mail" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} play-by-mail (not comparable)
  1. (games) Describing a game that can be played in a turn-based fashion through postal mail or email. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Games, E-mail, Post Synonyms: PBM [initialism] Related terms: play-by-email, play-by-snail-mail
    Sense id: en-play-by-mail-en-adj-gDG1Girj Disambiguation of E-mail: 92 8 Disambiguation of Post: 89 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Topics: games

Noun

Forms: play-by-mails [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} play-by-mail (plural play-by-mails)
  1. (games) A play-by-mail game. Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-play-by-mail-en-noun-zQiOhxzf Topics: games

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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