postal

[pohs-tl]

adjective

1. of or relating to the post office or mail service.

   postal delivery; postal employees.

noun

1. Informal.,  postal card.

postal

/ ˈpəʊstəl /

adjective

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

Other Word Forms

• postally adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of postal¹

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

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

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

Example Sentences

Online communication has already caused its first casualty among traditional postal services: Denmark recently ended its letter deliveries service, PostNord.

From BBC

Don’t worry, your postal carrier is still on the job.

From Los Angeles Times

The sweeping changes announced by the federal government follows years of financial losses sustained by the postal service, which faces reduced demand and stiff competition from private parcel delivery services.

From BBC

“The suspect seems to love everything ‘post,’ including taking postal packages that don’t belong to him,” the Irvine Police Department said on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times

Limited edition Westlife stamps to mark the Irish pop group's 25th anniversary have been issued by Irish postal service An Post.

From BBC