postal service

postal service

n.

See post office.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

postal service - the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'" mail service, mail, post communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" airpost, airmail - a system of conveying mail by aircraft snail mail - any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service; "email is much faster than snail mail" RFD, rural free delivery - free government delivery of mail in outlying country areas