Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "envelope" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

desk desk drawer drawer mail mail box stationery set

Derived Terms

Dahlke envelope Gaza Envelope back-of-an-envelope back-of-the-envelope banker's envelope blind envelope brown envelope journalism brown envelope syndrome bubble envelope building envelope concave envelope convex envelope envelogram envelopathy envelope detector envelope paradox envelope stuffer envelope-stuffer flight envelope floral envelope invitation envelope kinematic envelope manila envelope nuclear envelope opening of an envelope padded envelope penalty envelope push the edge of the envelope push the envelope red envelope return envelope stretch the envelope stripped-envelope supernova transenvelope viral envelope window envelope work envelope

Etymologically Related To

envelop

Inflected/Variant Forms

envelop

Has Part

letter

Context

astronomy biology computing electronics engineering geometry music nonstandard

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bag container cover covering curve curved shape natural covering operating capability performance capability wrap wrapper wrapping

Type Of (IsA)

bag consumer durable container covering curve enveloping covering foldable thing non powered device operating capability primarily paper product storage device wrapping

Made Of

paper

Not Has Property

alive

Part Of

balloon

Related Terms

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Related Terms

addresses airship all mail balloon be licked card coma comet container ditch earthwork enclosure for mailing holding letter licked mail mailbox mailing nebulous parapet rampart rectangle rectangle white sampler synthesizer white wrapper

Synonym Network

gasbag wrapper

Used For

communicating through postal system delivering letter enclose piece of paper hold mail card mail letters mailing letter mailing letters protect putting correspondence in putting in post box send letter send letters send mail send written message to storing seeds using as emergency bookmark writing on

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.