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

KeyWe In KeyWe, up to two players take on the role of kiwi birds that work in a post office. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

This typically involves putting the mail in the same or similar order as the carrier's route, with the mail delivered to the post office in trays that can be transferred directly into USPS vehicles. — Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

The building has been a post office, a bookstore and a plant shop since it was built in 1940. — Courtney Bell, Baltimore Sun, 22 Oct. 2026

In early August, election workers north of Spokane, Washington, went across the street to the post office to check for late mail-in ballots. — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 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