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

Is the post office open on Election Day? —Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Nov. 2025

While the day is not a federal holiday, many people are left wondering if banks, post offices and shipping services will be open or accessible to the public. —Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025

Along the back roads that lead to his property, which is in the remote community of McLeod (one bar, one post office, population 162), quarter-mile-long irrigation systems sprayed huge, unattended agricultural fields. —Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025

Months later, Dwayne headed to the post office to mail a package, and Rosalind recognized him immediately. —Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 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