postal

[ pohs-tl ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to the post office or mail service: postal delivery; postal employees.

noun
  1. Informal. postal card.

Idioms about postal

  1. go postal, Slang. to lose control or go crazy, especially in a violent way.

Origin of postal

1
First recorded in 1835–45; post3 + -al1; 1990–95 for def. 3, in reference to incidents of violence among postal workers in the early 1990s

Other words from postal

  • post·al·ly, adverb

Words Nearby postal

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British Dictionary definitions for postal

postal

/ (ˈpəʊstəl) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to a Post Office or to the mail-delivery service

Derived forms of postal

  • postally, adverb

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