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

Two months later, more than 20 companies submitted bids to have the Postal Service bring packages from 18,000 local post offices and delivery hubs to their final destinations. —Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2026

Frenza fantasizes about her visit to the post office, scene after scene, with unbridled delight. —Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026

Pipe hoped that money would give her the chance to leave her post office job one day to help more parents. —Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026

Additionally, about 26% of post offices are within 50 miles of their regional center, and another 26% are between 150 and 500 miles away, according to the research. —Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 7 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