postcode
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See also: postal code
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊs(t)ˌkoʊd/
Audio (AU) (file) - Hyphenation: post‧code
Noun[edit]
postcode (plural postcodes)
- (Australia, Britain, New Zealand) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or 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.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
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region
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See also[edit]
- postal code
- zip code (for US addresses)
Verb[edit]
postcode (third-person singular simple present postcodes, present participle postcoding, simple past and past participle postcoded)
- (UK) To give a postcode to; to mark with a postcode.
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Noun[edit]
postcode m (plural postcodes)
- A postcode, a postal code.
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