PO is an abbreviation for post office or , postal order.
po in British English
(pəʊ)
nounWord forms: pluralpos
British an informal word for chamberpot
Word origin
C19: from pot1
Po in British English1
the chemical symbol for
polonium
Po in British English2
(pəʊ)
noun
a river in N Italy, rising in the Cottian Alps and flowing northeast to Turin, then east to the Adriatic: the longest river in Italy. Length: 652 km (405 miles)
Latin name: Padus
PO in British English
abbreviation for
1.
Post Office
2.
Personnel Officer
3.
petty officer
4.
Pilot Officer
5. Also: p.o.
postal order
PO in American English
1.
Petty Officer
2.
postal order
3.
Post Office
4.
post office box
5.
purchase order
Po in American English1
(poʊ)
river in N Italy, flowing from the Cottian Alps east into the Adriatic: 405 mi (652 km)
Po in American English2
Chemistry
polonium
po in American English
1. Pharmacy
by mouth
2.
postal order
3. Baseball
putout(s)
Word origin
(sense 1) L per os
Examples of 'po' in a sentence
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`Do you remember how Daddy always called a teapot a tea po ?
Richard Francis PROSPECT HILL (2003)
He's got a funny way of showing it,' I mumbled through a mouthful of beef koon po.
Val McDermid DEAD BEAT (2002)
All related terms of 'PO'
Li Po
?700–762 ad , Chinese poet. His lyrics deal mostly with wine, nature, and women and are remarkable for their imagery
PO box
PO Box is used before a number as a kind of address . The Post Office keeps letters addressed to the PO Box until they are collected by the person who has paid for the service .
pod
A pod is a seed container that grows on plants such as peas or beans.
Po Hai
→ Bo Hai
Tzu-po
a city in NE China , in Shandong province . Pop: 2 775 000 (2005 est)
po' boy
a baguette filled with fried meat or seafood
po-faced
If you describe someone as po-faced , you think that they are being unnecessarily serious about something.
Fernando Po
an island in the Gulf of Guinea , off the coast of Cameroon : part of Equatorial Guinea. Capital: Malabo . Area: 2017 sq km (786 sq miles)
Li T'ai-po
→ Li Po
poor boy
a baguette filled with fried meat or seafood
Bioko
an island in the Gulf of Guinea , off the coast of Cameroon : part of Equatorial Guinea. Capital: Malabo . Area: 2017 sq km (786 sq miles)