Jump To:

• post office
  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.

---

Post Office ¹ British  

noun

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

---

post office ² British  

noun

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

---

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• post-office
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• post offices
  plural

Etymology

Origin of post office

First recorded in 1645–55

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

post office Post Office

If nothing else, watch Messi when the ball is away from him, walking, looking like he’s going to the post office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

If checks need to be mailed, doing it from the post office rather than a mailbox or a blue U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

The court heard that at 09:45, a post office van arrived at the gates with a man dressed in post office uniform which said "priority services Belfast".

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Meghan Kessler, who has lived on Skid Row since September, said the old post office was convenient.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

We made up a song about diatomaceous earth while we were driving in to the post office today, just because we thought it sounded funny.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

Plus, Mr. Wonderful tries to build one of America’s largest data centers, and the federal government sells Washington, D.C.’s former Old Post Office building.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Last week, police chiefs warned the criminal investigation into the Post Office scandal could be delayed by five years unless they received millions of pounds in extra funding.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

It's A Sin, for example, saw a huge increase in HIV testing rates, Mr Bates vs The Post Office brought the nation's attention to the Horizon IT scandal.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

The Horizon IT system, which began operating in 1999, falsely created accounting shortfalls in Post Office branches for which sub-postmasters were held liable.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

There's the Post Office booth in one corner, where Mrs. Rhydd, the postmistress, sells stamps and dog licenses, though not today 'cause today's Saturday.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Related Words

• postal service