postal code

1. 1.

   a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail

   SynonymsZIP codeZIPpostcode

   Broadercode

   Part ofaddress

Questions about postal code

What does postal code mean?

postal code means "a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail".

What is another word for postal code?

Close synonyms include ZIP code, ZIP, postcode. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is postal code a common word?

postal code is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.