Definition of postal
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
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Examples of postal in a Sentence
Postal rates are going up.
The city worked to quickly restore postal service.
Recent Examples of postal from the Web
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The election is just four days away, and many people have already voted by postal ballot.
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In 1936, Victor H. Green, a postal worker who lived in Harlem with his wife, Alma, encountered discrimination during a car trip.
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She was indicted May 18 on three counts of theft of mail matter by a U.S. postal employee, the attorney's office said.
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Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.
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Readers may send postal mail to Amy Dickinson, c/o Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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Send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, MissManners.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.
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Before the postal service, Americans thought of themselves as identifying with their state more than their country as a whole.
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Similar fates eventually befell other large tube systems, even as recently as 1984 when Paris stopped using its special-delivery postal pneumatic tube system, a casualty of the fax machine and electronic mail.
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First Known Use of postal
1842
Other Postal Terms
POSTAL Defined for English Language Learners
postal
playDefinition of postal for English Language Learners
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: relating to or involved in the sending, handling, and delivery of mail
POSTAL Defined for Kids
postal
playDefinition of postal for Students
: relating to the post office or the sending and delivery of mail postal rates
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