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  post office

  noun

  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.
• Post Office
  Post Office

  noun

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

post office

American  

[pohst aw-fis, of-is] / ˈpoʊst ˌɔ fɪs, ˌɒf ɪs /

noun

• post offices
  plural

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.

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Post Office ¹ British  

noun

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

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post office ² British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• post-office
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• post offices
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of post office

First recorded in 1645–55

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Example Sentences

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post office Post Office

A post office box or mail-receiving agency does not qualify.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Residents will retain their post office box numbers and continue picking up parcels downtown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The owner of a post office said she "cannot keep up with the demand" for specialist glasses to view Wednesday's highly-anticipated solar eclipse.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

By late 2025, StubHub changed the address again, this time using its old Draper post office box number with an Atlanta ZIP Code.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Then one more left to get to Ocean Road, and the post office is right there.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

As Pádraig Pearse read the proclamation on the steps of the Dublin's General Post Office, Casement was locked in the Tower of London awaiting trial for treason.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Mediterranean Revival-style estate, which sits on 2.76 acres in the Beverly Hills Post Office area, offers an enormous 16,079 square feet of living space, along with eight bedrooms and more than 10 bathrooms.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Royal Mail, which is a separate from the Post Office, has faced years of criticism from politicians and the public over the slowness of its letter delivery.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Customers will be able to choose ID apps from a range of suppliers such as the Post Office, Yoti or Luciditi, provided they are on a government-approved list.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

This is New York, so Post Office Arthur won’t pop up into my life again.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

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