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

This typically involves putting the mail in the same or similar order as the carrier's route, with the mail delivered to the post office in trays that can be transferred directly into USPS vehicles. — Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

The building has been a post office, a bookstore and a plant shop since it was built in 1940. — Courtney Bell, Baltimore Sun, 22 Oct. 2026

The idea for the Milwaukee Brewers’ Timeless Ticket promotion started with a trip to the post office, team chief operating officer Rick Schlesinger explained back in 2015, when 1,000 special stubs went on sale. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2026

There are administrative pavilions, post offices, banks, clinics, and two universities. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 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