Definitions for envelopes

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envelopes en·ve·lope

Spelling: [en-vuh-lohp, ahn-]

IPA: /ˈɛn vəˌloʊp, ˈɑn-/

Envelopes is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 244 anagrams from letters in envelopes (eeelnopsv).

Definitions for envelopes

noun

1. a flat paper container, as for a letter or thin package, usually having a gummed flap or other means of closure.
2. something that envelops; a wrapper, integument, or surrounding cover.
3. Biology. a surrounding or enclosing structure, as a corolla or an outer membrane.
4. Geometry. a curve or surface tangent to each member of a set of curves or surfaces.
5. Radio. (of a modulated carrier wave) a curve connecting the peaks of a graph of the instantaneous value of the electric or magnetic component of the carrier wave as a function of time.
6. the fabric structure enclosing the gasbag of an aerostat.
7. the gasbag itself.
8. Electronics. the airtight glass or metal housing of a vacuum tube.
9. the technical limits within which an aircraft or electronic system may be safely operated.
10. a flat paper container, as for a letter or thin package, usually having a gummed flap or other means of closure.
11. something that envelops; a wrapper, integument, or surrounding cover.
12. Biology. a surrounding or enclosing structure, as a corolla or an outer membrane.
13. Geometry. a curve or surface tangent to each member of a set of curves or surfaces.
14. Radio. (of a modulated carrier wave) a curve connecting the peaks of a graph of the instantaneous value of the electric or magnetic component of the carrier wave as a function of time.
15. the fabric structure enclosing the gasbag of an aerostat.
16. the gasbag itself.
17. Electronics. the airtight glass or metal housing of a vacuum tube.
18. the technical limits within which an aircraft or electronic system may be safely operated.

Idioms

1. push the envelope, to stretch established limits, as in technological advance or social innovation.
2. push the envelope, to stretch established limits, as in technological advance or social innovation.

Origin of envelopes

1700-10; French enveloppe, derivative of envelopper to envelop

Examples for envelopes

Before I open this envelope I am going to tell you what I believe it contains.

On one occasion, Garrison said Williams had him hand one out-of-state doctor an envelope stuffed with $20,000 in cash.

She drew it in pencil on an envelope on her way back in the street car.

When she had gone he picked up an envelope and put a bill inside.

Prince William was seen clutching an envelope, when they left, most likely containing images of the scan.

The envelope also contains a warning about the federal penalties for obstructing the mail.

He took the card from the florist's envelope and glanced at the name.

He started out with solo flights, but in this session over the desert outside Dubai he really pushes the envelope.

The parental fold may be about to envelope you—and yet also drive you mad.

"Because I want to do it myself," she said at last, and thrust the envelope into the flame.

Prince William was seen clutching an envelope, when they left, most likely containing images of the scan.

She drew it in pencil on an envelope on her way back in the street car.

The envelope also contains a warning about the federal penalties for obstructing the mail.

He took the card from the florist's envelope and glanced at the name.

"Because I want to do it myself," she said at last, and thrust the envelope into the flame.

Before I open this envelope I am going to tell you what I believe it contains.

When she had gone he picked up an envelope and put a bill inside.

On one occasion, Garrison said Williams had him hand one out-of-state doctor an envelope stuffed with $20,000 in cash.

He started out with solo flights, but in this session over the desert outside Dubai he really pushes the envelope.

The parental fold may be about to envelope you—and yet also drive you mad.