post office
UK/ˈpəʊst ˌɒfɪs//ˈpoʊst ˌɔfɪs/
post office noun: a place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.
Noun
post office (countable and uncountable, plural post offices)
- A place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.
- We were over the border here, into Northern Ireland, and the post office had a very English atmosphere. It was pleasant, too, much as we enjoyed the hospitality of the Republic, to be buying stamps with the Queen's head on them, and to be posting our cards in a red pillar-box, instead of a green...1955 June, Rev. A. W. V. Mace, “An Irish Journey—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 393
- Synonyms:
- postal outlet, postal service, postal station
- An organization that delivers letters.
- “The post-office is a wonderful establishment!” said she.—“The regularity and despatch of it! If one thinks of all that it has to do, and all that it does so well, it is really astonishing!”1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 16
- A party game involving the exchange of kisses.
- Synonyms:
- postman's knock
post office meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
post office in Hindi
- place
- डाकघर ḍākghar, पोस्ट-ऑफ़िस posṭ-ŏfis, डाकख़ाना ḍākxānā
post office in Tamil
- place
- அஞ்சலகம் añcalakam
post office in Urdu
- place
- ڈاک خانَہ ḍāk xāna, پوسْٹ آفِس posṭ āfis, ڈاک گَھر ḍāk ghar
post office in Bengali
- place
- ডাক বিভাগ ḍak bibhag, ডাকঘর ḍakoghor
More languagesFewer languages
- post office in Telugu
- పోస్టాఫీసు pōsṭāphīsu
- post office in Malayalam
- പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസ് pōsṟṟ ōphīsŭ, താപാലാപ്പീസ് tāpālāppīsŭ
- post office in Kannada
- ಅಂಚೆ ಕಚೇರಿ añce kacēri, ಅಂಚೆಮನೆ añcemane
- post office in Punjabi
- ਡਾਕਖ਼ਾਨਾ ḍākxānā, ਡਾਕ ਘਰ ḍāk ghar, ਪੋਸਟ ਆਫ਼ਿਸ posaṭ āfis
- post office in Gujarati
- પોસ્ટ ઓફિસ posṭ ophis
- post office in Odia
- ଡାକ ଘର ḍāka ghara
- post office in Sinhala
- තැපැල් කන්තෝරුව tæpæl kantōruwa
- post office in Assamese
- ডাকঘৰ dakoghor
- post office in Pashto
- پوسته خانه posta xāna
- post office in Tagalog
- koreo
- post office in Arabic
- مَكْتَب الْبَرِيد maktab al-barīd, بَرِيد barīd
- post office in Malay
- kantor pos, pejabat pos
- post office in Indonesian
- kantor pos
- post office in Thai
- ที่ทำการไปรษณีย์ tîi-tam-gaan-bprai-sà-nii, ไปรษณีย์ bprai-sà-nii
- post office in Vietnamese
- sở bưu điện, phòng bưu điện, bưu cục, bưu điện
- post office in Myanmar
- စာတိုက် catuik
Synonyms of post office
Forms of post office
| plural | post offices |
|---|---|
| alternative form | postoffice |
| alternative form | post-office |
Words formed from post office
Questions about post office
- What does post office mean?
- Post office means a place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.
- What is post office in Hindi?
- Post office in Hindi is डाकघर (ḍākghar), पोस्ट-ऑफ़िस (posṭ-ŏfis), डाकख़ाना (ḍākxānā). See Post office meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is post office?
- Post office is a noun.
- How do you pronounce post office?
- Post office is pronounced /ˈpəʊst ˌɒfɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of post office?
- The plural of post office is post offices.
Words near post office in the dictionary
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