ZIP Code

See also: zipcode, postal code, and zip code

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

from Zone Improvement Plan

Noun

ZIP Code (plural ZIP Codes)

(US) A postal code for addresses served by the US Postal Service, consisting of a five- or nine-figure number.
(US) A trademark of the US Postal Service for such postal codes.
(US) A region within which all addresses share a given five-digit ZIP Code.
A lot of people in this area have lived in the same ZIP Code their whole lives.

Synonyms

zip

Hypernyms

(US postal code): postal code, postcode

Related terms

ZIP plus 4
ZIP + 4

Translations

US postal code

Finnish: zip-koodi

region covered by one US postal code

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