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 Word Forms

• post-office adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Post Office¹

First recorded in 1645–55

Example Sentences

The attack took place months after Burns was freed early from a previous15-year jail term for shooting a woman during a post office robbery.

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Don’t bother visiting the post office: Columbus Day is one of 11 U.S.

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OTTAWA—Workers at Canada’s state-owned postal service went on strike on Thursday night after the Liberal government ordered that money-losing Canada Post abandon door-to-door delivery, close post offices and make cuts to operating expenses.

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“I still have to go to Santa Monica to get groceries, or I still have to wait for the post office to open. … I mean I can’t even go out to dinner.”

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Voters can choose to have a vote-by-mail ballot sent to the residence of a family member or friend, a post office box, or your place of employment by completing a replacement ballot request.

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Related Words

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