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

But now, people have better access to healthcare, schools and even post offices that were previously only on the other side of the crossing. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026

All post office locations will be closed, and mail delivery will be suspended as Labor Day is a federal holiday observed by the postal service. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026

The rule requires ballots to be handled in a physical post office by an election official. — Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

There, the president’s order and the post office rule enforcing it will certainly be opposed by the Court’s three liberal justices, who disagreed with the conclusion that opponents had filed their case too soon. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 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