postal
Of the mail
Postal relates to the mail system—postal workers, postal codes, the Postal Service.
In slang, go postal means to suddenly become violently unhinged, especially in a workplace setting.
The expression emerged in the 1990s after a series of shootings by U.S.
Postal Service employees.
Written symbol or message
- postcardMailable picture souvenir
- envelopeFolded paper enclosure
- parcelWrapped item for shipping
- packageWrapped item for delivery
stamp · mailbox · letterbox · mailbag · correspondence · address · zipcode · sorting
Office record-keeper
- counterFlat service surface
- queueOrdered waiting line
- branchDivision or woody limb
- sorting officePostal processing facility
depot · route · carrier · mailman · deliverer · collection · distribution · hub
letter
Written symbol or message
package · stamp · mailbox · letterbox · mailbag · correspondence · address · zipcode · sorting · courier
clerk
Office record-keeper
sorting office · depot · route · carrier · mailman · deliverer · collection · distribution · hub · overnight
rage
Intense, violent anger
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- rampageViolent, destructive outburst
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
snap · outburst · violent · berserk · unhinged · workplace · shooting · fury · tantrum · eruption
- tipos de mensajeemail, carta, SMS, memo, fax
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
- viajesavion, hotel, turista, vacaciones, check-in
- shippingshipping, cargo ships, container ships, freight, package
- written correspondencethank-you note, letter, love letter, letters, wartime letter
postalhand-delivered
Brought by a person directly
in-person · courier · express · express delivery · freight
- post officePublic mail facility
- poster boysSymbolic representatives of something
- keep postedMaintain someone's awareness
- poster paintsOpaque water-based pigments
- postage stampAdhesive indicating paid mail
- post-war recoveryRebuilding after armed conflict
poster, posted, posting, postman, post office, postage, post, postal service, postmark