post office

[ pohst aw-fis, of-is ]

noun

1. an office or station of a government postal system at which mail is received and sorted, from which it is dispatched and distributed, and at which stamps are sold or other services rendered. : PO, P.O.
2. Often Post Office. the department of a government charged with the transportation of mail.
3. an old-fashioned game in which one player is designated “postmaster” or “postmistress” and calls another player of a different gender into an adjoining room, ostensibly to receive a letter but actually to receive a kiss.

Post Office

¹

noun

1. a government department or authority in many countries responsible for postal services and often telecommunications

post office

²

noun

1. a building or room where postage stamps are sold and other postal business is conducted

Other Words From

• post-of·fice adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of post office¹

First recorded in 1645–55

Example Sentences

Anderson and his co-conspirators used darknet marketplaces to sell the drugs, prosecutors allege, shipping the stuffed animals from U.S. post offices.

From Los Angeles Times

One even claimed - and you will understand that BBC Wales has been unable to verify this - that almost 20 years ago a post office in Aberdeen had a window display in Welsh for four years.

From BBC

Mr Clarke said working in a post office was "going to be a bit of a learning experience".

From BBC

Genealogist Bill Lawson, who has traced the family tree of Mary Anne MacLeod back to the early 19th Century, says her father Malcolm ran a post office and small shop in his later years.

From BBC

The mailbox was a drive-up collection box at a post office in Phoenix, which leans Democratic in what is now a purple battleground state.

From Salon

Related Words

• postal service