surface mail
Frequency: 5.82.5 per million words
Mail transported by land or sea, not by air.
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- It is much cheaper to send heavy parcels by surface mail.
- Delivery by surface mail to Australia can take up to two months.
- Please indicate on the form if you prefer airmail or surface mail.
- The books were shipped via surface mail to keep the shipping costs low.
- International surface mail is typically transported by sea or land.
- I am still waiting for a package that was sent by surface mail last month.
- The post office offers a discount for bulk items sent through surface mail.
- You should avoid surface mail if the items you are sending are perishable.
- The weight limit for surface mail is higher than that for airmail services.
- Letters sent by surface mail within the continent are usually quite reliable.