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

What to expect if government funding runs out Will the post office be impacted by a government shutdown? —Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Sep. 2025

Her mother didn't have a bank account, so paying bills meant going to the post office to purchase money orders. —Terry Gross, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025

The now 25,000-square-foot store also includes bill paying services such as DTE Energy payments and City of Detroit payments, money wiring services and a post office. —Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025

Mail and parcels will not be processed or delivered for the duration of the national strike, and some post offices will be closed, the national carrier said. —Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 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