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 Definitions of post office  [ʊstˈnʌp ʃəl, -tʃəl]  

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Definition of 'post office' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) post office
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.

2.  post office
(often caps.) the department of a government charged with the transportation of mail.

3.  post office
a children's game in which a kiss is given instead of a letter by the player chosen to be postal clerk.

Etymology:  (1625–35)

Definition of 'post office' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) post office, local post office
a local branch where postal services are available"

2. (noun) United States Post Office, US Post Office, Post Office, PO
an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States

3. (noun) post office
a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters


Definition of 'post office' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) post office
a department of a government in charge of delivering mail, or a local branch in a city or town
I went to the post office to buy stamps.


Definition of 'post office' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) post office
see under 4th Post


Translation of 'post office' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an office for receiving and dispatching letters, parcels etc
Where is the nearest post office?

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: poskantoor Arabic flag Arabic: مَكتَب البَريد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: поща
Brazilian flag Brazilian: posto dos correios Czech flag Czech: poštovní úřad German flag German: die Post
Danish flag Danish: postkontor Greek flag Greek: ταχυδρομείο Spanish flag Spanish: oficina de correos
Estonian flag Estonian: postkontor Farsi flag Farsi: پستخانه Finnish flag Finnish: posti
French flag French: bureau de poste Hebrew flag Hebrew: סוֹכנוּת דוֹאָר Hindi flag Hindi: डाक घर
Croatian flag Croatian: poštanski ured, glavna po Hungarian flag Hungarian: posta Indonesian flag Indonesian: kantor pos
Icelandic flag Icelandic: pósthús Italian flag Italian: ufficio postale Japanese flag Japanese: 郵便局
Korean flag Korean: 우체국 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: paštas, pašto skyrius Latvian flag Latvian: pasts, pastaēka
Malay flag Malay: pejabat pos Dutch flag Dutch: postkantoor Norwegian flag Norwegian: postkontor/-hus
Polish flag Polish: urząd pocztowy Persian flag Persian: پستخانه Pashto flag Pashto: پستخانه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: estação dos correios Romanian flag Romanian: oficiu poştal Russian flag Russian: почта, почтовое отделение
Slovak flag Slovak: poštový úrad Slovenian flag Slovenian: pošta Serbian flag Serbian: pošta
Swedish flag Swedish: postkontor Thai flag Thai: ที่ทำการไปรษณีย์ Turkish flag Turkish: postane
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 郵局 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пошта Urdu flag Urdu: ڈاک خانہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bưu điện Chinese flag Chinese: 邮局

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