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

But how about that groovy Dutch Flats plaque at the old post office? —Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026

Any customer who wants a postmark that aligns with the date that the Postal Service first accepted a piece of mail can request, at no additional cost, a manual postmark at any post office, station or branch when dropping off their mail, the agency says. —Chris Mueller, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 13 Jan. 2026

Unlike those spaces, the Town & Country space is in the middle of the mall’s large corridor near a UPS Store and post office and other shops. —Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2026

This has now forced her and her neighbors on Kimbrough Court to drive to the nearest post office to pick up their mail for the foreseeable future. —Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 8 Jan. 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