English Explanatory Dictionary

posthouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A company that carries out post-production.
  2. A house at a staging post: an inn with a stable where relays of horses could be changed, for stagecoaches or the mails.
  3. A building for distributing mail; a post office.

Word forms

posthouse posthouses post house post-house

Etymology

From post + house.

Synonyms

posting house
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