US Postal Service (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States
Synonyms:
United States Postal Service; US Postal Service; USPS
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("US Postal Service" is a kind of...):
independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)
Meronyms (parts of "US Postal Service"):
United States Postal Inspection Service; US Postal Inspection Service (the primary law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service)