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

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Are banks, post offices, UPS and FedEx open on Memorial Day? Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 26 May 2025 Postage became a serious headache: Akasha was afraid that a single person buying too many priority stamps from a single post office would raise suspicions. Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025 How to Buy the 2025 Anniversary Stamps All 2025 commemorative designs, including the Armed Forces and battlefields stamps, are available for purchase online, by phone, mail, or at post office locations. Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025 The former employees who worked at a post office at 3115 North 51st Street in Kansas City, Kansas, are accused of stealing Amazon return packages, mail, and other valuable items for personal use between early 2023 and mid-October 2023, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for post office

Word History

First Known Use

1652, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of post office was in 1652

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“Post office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20office. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

post office

noun
1
2
: a local branch of the postal service handling the mail for a particular place

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