postal
pronunciation
How to pronounce postal in British English:
UK [ˈpəʊstl]
How to pronounce postal in American English:
US [ˈpoʊstl]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to the system for delivering mail
Word Origin
- postal (adj.)
- "pertaining to the mail system," 1843, on model of French postale (1836), from post (n.3). Noun meaning "state of irrational and violent anger" (usually in phrase going postal) attested by 1997, in reference to a cluster of news-making workplace shootings in U.S. by what were commonly described as "disgruntled postal workers" (the cliche itself, though not the phrase, goes back at least to 1994).
Example
- 1. The russian postal service , for example , was either too expensive or too undependable to be relied upon .
- 2. It would also alienate the politically powerful postal workers .
- 3. The biggest genuine koizumi reform was postal privatisation .
- 4. Today , isaac received a particular postal parcel .
- 5. Postal agencies don 't have forever to adapt .