postal

American

[pohs-tl] / ˈpoʊs tl /

adjective

of or relating to the post office or mail service.

postal delivery; postal employees.

noun

Informal. postal card.

idioms

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

postal British

/ ˈpəʊstəl /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

postally adverb

Etymology

Origin of postal

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

Example Sentences

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The data breach primarily involved patients' names, phone numbers, and postal addresses, but for 169,000 patients there were doctors' notes "some of which may be sensitive data", the ministry said.

From Barron's

More than a dozen Royal Mail postal staff from different delivery offices claimed rounds were being missed on a daily basis and parcels were being prioritised over letters as they are stretched beyond capacity.

From BBC

She first complained to the post office in Euless, Texas, after she learned the mail carrier had changed the listed owner on a central postal box from Konan’s name to a tenant’s name.

From Los Angeles Times

Duvall subsequently moved to New York to study acting, working as a postal clerk to make ends meet.

From BBC

The rules about postal and proxy votes have changed, and you need to renew them every three years.

From BBC

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