Noun Definition

post

1.Definition: a job in an organization

"He occupied a post in the treasury"

Category: General

2.Definition: a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)

"A pair of posts marked the goal", "The corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"

Related Noun(s):stake

Category: General

3.Definition: an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position

"He set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them"

Category: Objects

4.Definition: any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered

"Your mail is on the table", "Is there any post for me?", "She was opening her post"

Related Noun(s):mail

Category: General

5.Definition: military installation at which a body of troops is stationed

"This military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby", "There is an officer's club on the post"

Category: Objects

6.Definition: the delivery and collection of letters and packages

"It came by the first post", "If you hurry you'll catch the post"

Category: General

7.Definition: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand

"A soldier manned the entrance post", "A sentry station"

Related Noun(s):station

Category: Places

8.Definition: the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office

"The mail handles billions of items every day", "He works for the United States mail service", "In England they call mail `the post'"

Related Noun(s):mail

Category: General

9.Definition: United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)

Related Noun(s):wiley post

Category: People

10.Definition: United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)

Category: People

11.Definition: United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)

Category: People