postal
85
3.0
- adjective
- /ˈpoʊstəl/
:
postal
- Not a letter, not even a postal card since he left.
- postal services
- a postal code
- the postal system
And same for the Postal Inspection Service, same for the ATF.
- And same for the Postal Inspection Service, same for the ATF.
- Perhaps his most significant building is the Postal Savings Bank on the Ring Strasser.
- Was Trump right to question the integrity of postal ballots?
- Bro, that's the US postal system.
- Now I need to get a car wash and I'm also going to go to our postal package pickup center and get more cardboard.
- All I need is a postal code, and I will find you.
- They've negotiated deeply discounted rates for you from the US Postal Service, UPS, DHL and more.
- I think leftover from the Postal Service days when they started doing mail by plane.
- For example, there was already a gigantic logistics network called the US Postal Service and UPS and FedEx.
- The the world will and should know in the postal case, we have to depose everybody.
- It brings all of the services of the US Postal Office to your house right to your fingertips.
Examples
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Data collection was carried out by means of postal questionnaires, and 45% responded.
Academic text (2002) -
When did you start working for the postal service?
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All I need is a postal code, and I will find you.
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Special education teachers received the surveys directly via the United States Postal Service.
Academic text (2012) -
In such cases, student-athlete surveys were returned using the United States Postal Service.
Academic text (2015) -
Postal workers do.
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He's a postal worker.
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They've negotiated deeply discounted rates for you from the US Postal Service, UPS, DHL and more.
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The postal service guarantees the safe delivery of letters and packages.
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Please fill out the postal form correctly to ensure your mail is sent.
Compounds
- Archaic
4
4.8
A paper note bought at a post office that lets a named person collect money
- Formal
3
2.4
A government agency that delivers letters and packages across the United States
3
2.3
A government service that collects, sorts, and delivers mail across the United States
- South African
2
1.7
A short set of letters and numbers added to an address to help deliver mail
- Formal
Independent United States agency that recommends prices for mail services
Federal officers who protect the mail, postal workers, and customers
How Fast
- Texting
43
3.0
- Texting
44
2.6
- Texting
5
2.8
94
3.8
85
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Postal comes from post, the word for the system that sends letters, as in postcard and postman. The ending -al means 'relating to', so postal means 'relating to mail'.