post office

noun

1

: a government department or agency handling the transmission of mail

2

: a local branch of a national post office handling the mail for a particular place or area

3

: a game in which a player acting as postmaster or postmistress may exact a kiss from one of the opposite sex as payment for the pretended delivery of a letter

Examples of post office in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

MacLeod's father Malcolm ran a post office out of an annex on their modern house. —Lauren Frayer, NPR, 14 Sep. 2025

Growing up under poorer conditions, Manuylov was shocked to see this much money at once, not to mention in a letter that could have been stolen by the post office. —Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025

From the Archives heads to Fallbrook today for this photo from 1957 of the community’s post office. —San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025

There is no bank or barbershop or doctor’s office in town but there is a post office, general store and a whole lot of charm. —Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1652, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for post office

• interoffice

Kids Definition

post office

noun

1

: postal service

2

: a local branch of the postal service handling the mail for a particular place