postal

Everyday

To do with the post (mail): sending and delivering letters and parcels. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life: postal workers, postal service, postal code (postcode in UK, ZIP code in USA), postal vote, postal order. In geography: a postal address shows where a letter goes. Phrases: «postal service», «postal worker», «postal code», «postal address», «go postal» (US slang — avoid).

Examples

• Write your full postal address on the envelope. tree →
• The postal worker delivers letters every morning. tree →
• What is your postal code? tree →
• The postal service was slow because of the snow. tree →
• In Canada, a postal code has letters and numbers. tree →
• Grandma sent the present by postal mail. tree →

Note

Adjective only (no «a postal»). In the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ people say «post»; in the USA and Canada «mail». Postal code = postcode (UK, Australia, NZ) = ZIP code (USA) = Eircode (Ireland).