postal

post·al

having to do with mail or post offices

Origin of postal

French from poste, post

Informal a postal card

postal Idioms

go postal

Slang to become deranged or go berserk, as from stress in the workplace

Origin of postal

in allusion to widely reported shootings by angry U.S. postal workers in the 1990s

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postal

adjective

Of or relating to a postal system or mail service.

Origin of postal

post ³ -al Idiom, from a series of unconnected mass murders carried out by American postal workers in post offices in 1980s and early 1990s

Related Forms:

post′al·ly
adverb

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Adjective

(not comparable)

Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.
postal worker
for all your postal needs
work in the postal industry

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Sentence Examples

The postal service is well organized.
Argentina has been a member of the Postal Union since 1878.
In connexion with the postal services to outlying districts there is a public passenger service by mailcarts.
Being the only postal employee in a small town, the petite extravert was always ready for conversation.
The postal services and the telegraphs are administered by the federal government.

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