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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

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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Derived Forms

• post-office
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of post office

First recorded in 1645–55

Example Sentences

The house is one of two remaining properties in the village, the other being the former post office building, as well as a war memorial.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Grillmair’s home and the local post office are in opposite directions from Snyder’s home, property records show.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Patients who had signed off on the two-drug treatment but whose pills hadn’t yet reached the post office had to be recontacted to consent to receiving misoprostol alone and reeducated on how to use it.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

She took it to her local post office but was told Lloyds Banking Group customers could no longer pay in cheques through the Post Office after the service was stopped in January.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

I had seen Bunny in the post office, in the first week of school, talking rather officiously to a girl of this description.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Related Words

• postal service