Contextualizebeta

post office box

noun

Definitions

  1. A uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office that may be…

    A uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office that may be hired as collection point for mail.

    • “Rich people use post office boxes to shield themselves from unwanted correspondence. It’s like a garbage can for mail.”

  2. A test instrument once used by telephone engineers.

  3. Alternative letter-case form of post office box.

    • See also: PO Box

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for post office box. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA