postal

adjective

post·​al ˈpō-stᵊl 

1

: of or relating to the mails or the post office

2

: conducted by mail

postal chess

3

: insanely or murderously violent

—usually used in the phrase go postal

Examples of postal in a Sentence

Postal rates are going up.

The city worked to quickly restore postal service.

Recent Examples on the Web

What To Know Although Post Offices will be closed on Monday, customers can still access a variety of postal products and services at more than 2,600 self-service kiosks located in select post office lobbies nationwide. —Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025

More than one week into a nationwide strike, Canada’s postal workers union expressed their disappointment with Canada Post’s most recent contract offers Friday. —Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Oct. 2025

Some, such as postal workers, do get paid as usual because that agency is self-funded. —Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025

Tensions between postal workers and Canada’s federal government have been on the rise in the past year amid the dispute. —Solcyré Burga, Time, 26 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing postal

• go postal
• postal address
• postal card
• postal order
• postal service
• postal union

Rhymes for postal

• coastal
• intercoastal
• intracoastal

Kids Definition

postal

adjective

post·​al ˈpōs-tᵊl 

: of or relating to mail or to the post office