"webmail" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-webmail.wav Forms: webmails [plural]
Etymology: From web + mail. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|web|mail}} web + mail Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} webmail (usually uncountable, plural webmails)
  1. A service for sending, receiving, and/or storing email, usually on a remote web server, in such a way that it is accessible through a web browser. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): E-mail
    Sense id: en-webmail-en-noun-zqE9pBoq Disambiguation of E-mail: 55 45
  2. The email thus stored. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): E-mail
    Sense id: en-webmail-en-noun-Mxdb8vp3 Disambiguation of E-mail: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: email

Inflected forms

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