Collocations for "envelope"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "envelope" in context.
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envelope
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [manila, brown, jiffy, white] envelope
- an [A3] (-sized) envelope
- a standard-size envelope
- a postage- [paid, free] envelope
- a [government, company] envelope
- [seal, open, close] an envelope
- the envelope was [sealed]
- seal an envelope [with tape, with wax, by licking it]
- licked the envelope (to seal it)
- [rip, tear] [up, open] an envelope
- tore the envelope open with [impatience, excitement]
- enclose a self-addressed envelope
- enclose your [documents, check, copies, form, photos] in the envelope
- put the right [address, stamp] on the envelope
- the sender's address on the back of the envelope
- an envelope with a [wedding invitation, birthday card]
- the [invitation] came in an envelope
- push the envelope of [space exploration, quantum physics, human strength]
- an envelope of [mist, cloud, fog]
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