post office

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noun

an office or station of a government postal system at which mail is received and sorted, from which it is dispatched and distributed, and at which stamps are sold or other services rendered.

(often initial capital letter) the department of a government charged with the transportation of mail.

a game in which one player is designated “postmaster” or “postmistress” and calls another player of a different sex into an adjoining room, ostensibly to receive a letter but actually to receive a kiss.

Origin of post office

First recorded in 1625–35

Words nearby post office

postnuptial, post oak, post-obit, post-obit bond, post obitum, post office, post-office box, postop, postoperative, postoral, postoral arch

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Example sentences from the Web for post office

Instead, the chamber found time to rename 60 post-office branches and attempted to repeal the health-care law for the 33rd time.
Congress Is Taking Another Vacation? Seriously?|John Avlon|August 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
To the Post-Office and the public the patent was sufficiently cheap.
Her Majesty's Mails|William Lewins
When it was over, Lucyet paused in the doorway, putting on her straw hat to go back to the post-office.
A Christmas Accident and Other Stories|Annie Eliot Trumbull
As he passed the post-office, a knot of men stood in front of it, apparantly in anxious discussion.
Manuel Pereira|F. C. Adams

Jacques: The postman when he has got upstairs pleads the cause of the post-office.
Economic Sophisms|Frederic Bastiat
Such was the great reform by which the Post-Office became an evangel of civilization; but all this may be ours.
Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 18 (of 20)|Charles Sumner

British Dictionary definitions for post office (1 of 2)

post office

noun

a building or room where postage stamps are sold and other postal business is conducted

British Dictionary definitions for post office (2 of 2)

Post Office

noun

a government department or authority in many countries responsible for postal services and often telecommunications

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	post office
释义	post office SEE SYNONYMS FOR post office ON THESAURUS.COM noun an office or station of a government postal system at which mail is received and sorted, from which it is dispatched and distributed, and at which stamps are sold or other services rendered. (often initial capital letter) the department of a government charged with the transportation of mail. a game in which one player is designated “postmaster” or “postmistress” and calls another player of a different sex into an adjoining room, ostensibly to receive a letter but actually to receive a kiss. Origin of post office First recorded in 1625–35 OTHER WORDS FROM post office post-office, adjective Words nearby post office postnuptial, post oak, post-obit, post-obit bond, post obitum, post office, post-office box, postop, postoperative, postoral, postoral arch Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for post office Instead, the chamber found time to rename 60 post-office branches and attempted to repeal the health-care law for the 33rd time. Congress Is Taking Another Vacation? Seriously?\|John Avlon\|August 5, 2012\|DAILY BEAST To the Post-Office and the public the patent was sufficiently cheap. Her Majesty's Mails\|William Lewins When it was over, Lucyet paused in the doorway, putting on her straw hat to go back to the post-office. A Christmas Accident and Other Stories\|Annie Eliot Trumbull As he passed the post-office, a knot of men stood in front of it, apparantly in anxious discussion. Manuel Pereira\|F. C. Adams Jacques: The postman when he has got upstairs pleads the cause of the post-office. Economic Sophisms\|Frederic Bastiat Such was the great reform by which the Post-Office became an evangel of civilization; but all this may be ours. Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 18 (of 20)\|Charles Sumner British Dictionary definitions for post office (1 of 2) post office noun a building or room where postage stamps are sold and other postal business is conducted British Dictionary definitions for post office (2 of 2) Post Office noun a government department or authority in many countries responsible for postal services and often telecommunications Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to post office mail, general post office, postmaster
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post office

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British Dictionary definitions for post office (1 of 2)

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