post office

n. Abbr. PO

1. The public department responsible for the transportation and delivery of the mails. Also called postal service.

2. A local office where mail is received, sorted, and delivered, and where stamps and other postal materials are sold.

3. A game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters.

post office

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

Post Office

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a government department or authority in many countries responsible for postal services and often telecommunications

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Noun	1.	post office - a local branch where postal services are available" local post office general delivery, poste restante - the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it branch, subdivision, arm - a division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"
	2.	Post Office - an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States United States Post Office, US Post Office, PO independent agency - an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments
	3.	post office - a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters child's game - a game enjoyed by children

Translations

Post Office n (institution) the Post Office → le Poste e Telecomunicazioni

post office n (place) → ufficio postale, posta

post office post

post office → مكتب البريد pošta postkontor Postamt ταχυδρομείο oficina de correos postitoimisto bureau de poste pošta ufficio postale 郵便局 우체국 postkantoor postkontor urząd pocztowy correio почта post ไปรษณีย์ postane bưu điện 邮局

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box number call box FPO general delivery General Post Office Giro GPO independent agency letter box local post office mail clerk mail service mailing address military post office PO PO Box PO Box No PO box number POB	What threw him into a state of real consternation was to learn from me that the day on which he had gone to meet Mademoiselle Stangerson at the Elysee, was the very day on which she had gone to the Post Office for the letter. The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context Had a vacancy occurred in the post office at that time, I should have jumped at it. John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context asked Marilla, when Anne had just come in from a run to the post office. Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context	Post and stall Post bag Post bill post captain post card post chaise Post day post doc Post Exchange Post hackney Post hanger post hoc post hoc ergo propter hoc post hole post horn post horse Post hour post house post meridiem post mill post mortem Post note post oak Post obit post off post office post office box post office worker post road post time post town post(-)haste post- Post-abdomen post-and-rail fence post-and-rail tea post-bellum post-boost phase Post-captain post-coital post-colonial post-communist post-consumer post-cyclic post-diluvian Post-disseizin Post-disseizor post-doctoral post-fascist Post-fine post-flight inspection	Post notes Post Nuclear Fall-out Post Nuclear Role Playing Game Post nuptial post oak post oak Post Oak Little League Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District Post obit Post obit Post Object Oriented Programming Post Observation Data Processing System Post Obstacles Post Obstructive Pulmonary Edema Post Occupancy Evaluation Post Occupational Safety and Health Officer Post Och Inrikes Tidningar Post of Alcatraz Island Post of Arkansas Post Of Duty Post Of The Day Post of the Month Post of the Week Post of the Year post off Post Offer Employment Test post office Post office (disambiguation) Post Office Address File Post Office Agent Post Office Agents Association Ltd post office box post office box post office boxes Post office branch Post Office Code Standard Advisory Group Post Office Code Standardization Advisory Group Post Office Consumer Action Group Post Office Counters Ltd Post Office Department Post Office Employees' Credit Union Post Office Engineering Department Post Office Engineering Union Post Office Express Post Office Insurance Society Post Office Limited Post office metric Post office metric Post Office Monthly Income Account Post Office Monthly Income Scheme Post Office Operations Manager Post Office Point of Sale Post Office Preferred

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call box
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general delivery
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letter box
local post office
mail clerk
mail service
mailing address
military post office
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PO Box No
PO box number
POB

What threw him into a state of real consternation was to learn from me that the day on which he had gone to meet Mademoiselle Stangerson at the Elysee, was the very day on which she had gone to the Post Office for the letter.

The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context

Had a vacancy occurred in the post office at that time, I should have jumped at it.

John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context

asked Marilla, when Anne had just come in from a run to the post office.

Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

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Post office (disambiguation)
Post Office Address File
Post Office Agent
Post Office Agents Association Ltd
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Post office branch
Post Office Code Standard Advisory Group
Post Office Code Standardization Advisory Group
Post Office Consumer Action Group
Post Office Counters Ltd
Post Office Department
Post Office Employees' Credit Union
Post Office Engineering Department
Post Office Engineering Union
Post Office Express
Post Office Insurance Society
Post Office Limited
Post office metric
Post office metric
Post Office Monthly Income Account
Post Office Monthly Income Scheme
Post Office Operations Manager
Post Office Point of Sale
Post Office Preferred