parcel post

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Definition of parcel post

1 : a mail service handling parcels

2 : packages handled by parcel post

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Synonyms for parcel post

Synonyms

correspondence,
mail,
matter,
post
[chiefly British],
snail mail

Examples of parcel post in a Sentence

only parcel post bearing a return address and not exceeding size and weight limits will be accepted

Recent Examples on the Web Extending parcel post to the countryside was vehemently opposed by merchants, who feared competition from Sears Roebuck and other mail order houses. — Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2021 The flag arrived at the New York office of the Associated Press in May and was then sent by parcel post to the White House. — Richard Kurin, Smithsonian, 30 Apr. 2018

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