postcode
See also: postal code
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd/
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Noun
postcode (plural postcodes)
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post / mail.
- (by extension) The region denoted by a postcode.
- 2007 July 3, Polly Toynbee, “If Chelsea were under water, it would be taken seriously”, in The Guardian:
- The Environment Agency says it is mainly the most deprived postcodes that are the most flood-prone.
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Derived terms
Translations
sequence of letters and/or numbers added to a postal address
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region
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See also
- postal code
- zip code (for US addresses)
Verb
postcode (third-person singular simple present postcodes, present participle postcoding, simple past and past participle postcoded)
- (Britain) To give a postcode to; to mark with a postcode.
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