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POSTAL SERVICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
Example:
in England they call mail 'the post'
Synonyms:
mail; mail service; post; postal service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("postal service" is a kind of...):
communicating; communication (the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "postal service"):
airmail; airpost (a system of conveying mail by aircraft)
snail mail (any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service)
RFD; rural free delivery (free government delivery of mail in outlying country areas)
