posthouse

See also: post house, post-house, and post-House

English

Alternative forms

• post house, post-house

Etymology

From post +‎ house.

Noun

posthouse (plural posthouses)

1. (film, television) A company that carries out post-production.
   • 2013, Jesse Drew, A Social History of Contemporary Democratic Media, page 57:

     Slow motion, fades, wipes, and text — once only affordable for major broadcasters and posthouses — now allowed DIY video producers a more polished, professional look.

2. (historical) A house established for the convenience of the post, a stable or inn where relays of horses can be obtained.

   Synonym: posting house

3. (obsolete) A building for distributing mail; a post office.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “posthouse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• housepost, house-tops, housetops, pot-houses, pothouses, house tops