postcode

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsZIP codeZIPpostal code

   Broadercode

   Part ofaddress

Other forms of postcode

plural

postcodes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about postcode

What does postcode mean?

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

How many syllables are in postcode?

postcode has 2 syllables: post-code. The stress falls on "post".

What is another word for postcode?

Close synonyms include ZIP code, ZIP, postal code. 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 postcode a common word?

postcode is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.