- of or relating to a Post Office or to the mail-delivery service
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
post•al /ˈpoʊstəl/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Stampsof or relating to the post office or mail service:postal delivery; postal employees.
post•al
(pōs′tl),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
post′al•ly, adv.
postal, +adj.
- Stampsof or pertaining to the post office or mail service:postal delivery; postal employees.
- Slang Terms go postal, to lose control or go crazy, esp. in a violent way.
n.
- Stamps[Informal.]See postal card.
- 1835–45; post3 + -al1; def. 2 in reference to incidents of violence among postal workers in the early 1990s
postal, +adj.
- Slang Terms go postal, to lose control or go crazy.
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postal /ˈpəʊstəl/ adj
'postal' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
AB
- Christmas box
- counterfoil
- EC
- mail
- NS
- NT
- ON
- philately
- PO
- pools
- postage meter
- postal card
- postal code
- postal note
- postal order
- postbox
- postcard
- postcode
- post-free
- postmark
- postmaster general
- post office
- Postnet
- PQ
- PT
- QC
- SK
- snail mail
- stub
- walk
- WC
- YT
- aérogramme
- airmail
- BC
- benefit
- business envelope
- convention
- copyright block
- date stamp
- Express Mail
- first class
- flat
- fourth class
- general delivery
- General Postal Union
- general post office
- GPU
- indicia