POSTAL Definition & Meaning

postal

[pohs-tl]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to the post office or mail service.
postal delivery; postal employees.

noun

Informal.��postal card.

postal

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adjective

of or relating to a Post Office or to the mail-delivery service

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

postally adverb
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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of postal¹

First recorded in 1835–45; post ³ def. + -al ¹; 1990–95 postal for def. 3, in reference to incidents of violence among postal workers in the early 1990s

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

go postal, to lose control or go crazy, especially in a violent way.

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Example Sentences

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An operation by police started after a postal worker reported suspicious activity and more than 20 uncollected parcels were seized at a sorting office.

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From San Francisco, Kochersperger said, it was still a long, difficult postal route to Yosemite before railroad service reached the park.

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Mr Ó hAnnaidh had been charged by postal requisition and was due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on June 18, the force previously said.

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He only learned Brennan was stepping down when a postal clerk in his town shared the news.

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The rules for postal voting are different, so voters can share photos of their own postal ballot paper on social media if they wish.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

postage stamp postal address

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