post office

1. 1.

   a local branch where postal services are available

   Synonymslocal post office

   Broaderbranch

   Partsgeneral delivery
2. 2.

   an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States

   SynonymsUnited States Post OfficeUS Post OfficePO

   Broaderindependent agency
3. 3.

   a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters

   Broaderchild's game

Questions about post office

What does post office mean?

post office means "a local branch where postal services are available". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for post office?

Close synonyms include local post office, United States Post Office, US Post Office, PO. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is post office a common word?

post office is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.