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

The lawsuit cited postal service audits that found significant delays at area post offices and found the Kansas-Missouri district performed third worst in the country in 2024. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026

And the park once held a record for the country’s smallest functioning post office, a groovy dome hiding a real postal employee. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

Some are there to mail packages while others use a wide variety of services offered in Indian post offices, such as opening and accessing small savings accounts. — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 11 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