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

The detail arranged the traffic stop on the other side of the island, in front of the Lihue post office, under the assumption that Brun would surrender peacefully in such a public location. — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

Officials worried that some ballots were postmarked at processing facilities the day after they were dropped off at a post office, possibly invalidating them. — John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Padgett, meanwhile, allegedly packaged and mailed the counterfeit stamps from multiple locations, including two post offices in Alabama. — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 24 July 2026

The new location will occupy a century-old post office building in downtown Palo Alto, close to Stanford University. — News Desk, Artforum, 17 July 2026

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