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

The report, which had been criticized by the union, suggests the Crown corporation expand community mailboxes and close more rural post offices to tighten budgets. —Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Aug. 2025

In its long history, it has been surrounded by three churches (two are still active), a hotel, a post office, a former Scottish Rite temple, the elite St. Clare Club and a courthouse, which at one point included the county jail. —Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2025

The sailors created a post office and made a North Pole stamp to cancel their letters. —AZCentral.com, 3 Aug. 2025

Boasting roughly 2,600 square feet of gallery space and a bookstore, the outpost will occupy a onetime post office. —News Desk, Artforum, 31 July 2025

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