Home › Words › T › telepostteleposttelepost means A message of up to 100 words transmitted by telegraph at the post office.EtymologyFrom tele- + post.nounA message of up to 100 words transmitted by telegraph at the post office.e.g.“[…] sending telegrams of 50 words, teleposts of 100 words, and teletapes of 200 words for 25 cents, […]” — 1860, John Alexander Anderson, A Postal Telegraph Essential to the Freedom of the American Press and the Prosperity of the American People:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.teletape 80% match — A message of up to 200 words transmitted by telegraph at the post office. vs telepost →telegram 62% match — A message transmitted by telegraph. vs telepost →telepathogram 61% match — A nominal telegram sent telepathically. vs telepost →telemessage 59% match — A kind of telegram initially sent out electronically and then printed for delivery to the recipient. vs telepost →telepheme 59% match — A message transmitted by telephone. vs telepost →telegraphing 58% match — A communication by telegraph. vs telepost →telegraphese 57% match — The terse, abbreviated writing style used in or as used in telegraph messages; speech that resembles this. vs telepost →lettergram 57% match — A telegram longer than an ordinary message and sent more cheaply and with a lower priority. vs telepost →