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# postal

adjective (postal)

«postal» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To do with the post (mail): sending and delivering letters and parcels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postal/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postal/#x1)
- The postal worker delivers letters every morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postal/#x2)
- What is your postal code? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postal/#x3)
- The postal service was slow because of the snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postal/#x4)
- In Canada, a postal code has letters and numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postal/#x5)
- Grandma sent the present by postal mail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postal/#x6)

### 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).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «postal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«postal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/postal.html) on Mova free.