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Envelope

/ˈɒn.və.ləʊp/

A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.

📖 Definitions of "Envelope"

noun
  1. 1

    A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.

  2. 2

    Something that envelops; a wrapping.

  3. 3

    A bag containing the lifting gas of a balloon or airship; fabric that encloses the gas-bags of an airship.

  4. 4

    A mathematical curve, surface, or higher-dimensional object that is the tangent to a given family of lines, curves, surfaces, or higher-dimensional objects.

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