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

And my den looked like the post office with all the cards and letters. —Edward Segarra, USA Today, 4 May 2026

Many post offices no longer postmark mail the same day it is received because of adjustments to transportation operations at the United States Postal Service. —Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026

Certainly its location at the historic former post office downtown is generating plenty of enthusiasm. —Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026

Published out of the News Division of President Woodrow Wilson’s Committee on Public Information, the newspaper appeared in government offices, post offices, and military installations until the end of the war. —Corey Hutchins, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 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