postal
Syllables: post·al[ˈpəʊstl̩]US[ˈpoʊstl̩]
postal adjective: relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.
Adjective
postal (not comparable)
- Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.
- He's a postal worker, and has been in the postal industry for decades.
- We sell stamps and stationery for all your postal needs.
- Crazy, insane.
- to go postal
- SANDI: Maybe I should just have my own party, since you obviously think I'm postal.1999, "Daria Dance Party" (Daria, season 3 episode 4)
postal meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
postal in Tamil
- கடிதம், தபால்
postal in Marathi
- पोस्टल
postal in Urdu
- پوسٹل
postal in Bengali
- পোস্টাল
More languagesFewer languages
- postal in Telugu
- పోస్టల్
- postal in Malayalam
- തപാൽ സംബന്ധമായ, തപാൽവകുപ്പ് സംബന്ധമായ
- postal in Kannada
- ಪೋಸ್ಟಲ್
- postal in Punjabi
- ਪੋਸਟਲ
- postal in Gujarati
- પોસ્ટલ
- postal in Odia
- ପୋଷ୍ଟାଲ
- postal in Nepali
- पोस्टल
- postal in Arabic
- بَرِيدِيّ barīdiyy
- postal in Persian
- پستی posti
Examples of postal in a sentence
- Each day the postal service flies thousands of letters around the globe.
- Mail is presorted by postcode prior to transfer into the postal delivery system.
- Postal workers are set to walk out tomorrow if contract negotiations fail.
Forms of postal
| plural | postals |
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Origin of postal
From post + -al, modelled on French postal.
Words formed from postal
- nonpostal
- postal address
- postal authority
- postal ballot
- postal blue
- postal box
- postal carrier
- postal code
- postal forgery
- postal history
- postally
- postal money order
- postal money-order
- postal note
- postal office
- postal order
- postal outlet
- postal rule
- postal service
- postal station
- postal village
- postal vote
- postal worker
- postique
- semipostal
- semi-postal stamp
Phrases with postal
Words that rhyme with postal
Questions about postal
- What does postal mean?
- Postal means relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.
- What is postal in Tamil?
- Postal in Tamil is கடிதம், தபால். See Postal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is postal?
- Postal is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce postal?
- Postal is pronounced [ˈpoʊstl̩] (US).
Words near postal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: postal (page history and authors); postal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); postal (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postal (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postal (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postal (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); postal (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postal (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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