postcode

From post +‎ code.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊs(t)ˌkoʊd/

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• Hyphenation: post‧code

postcode (plural postcodes)

1. (UK, Ireland) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.
   • 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.

   1. (by extension) The region denoted by such a sequence.
2. (Australia, New Zealand) A four-digit number added to a postal address to sort and deliver mail.

• postcode lottery
• postcode war

• postal code
• zip code (for US addresses)

postcode (third-person singular simple present postcodes, present participle postcoding, simple past and past participle postcoded)

1. (UK) To give a postcode to; to mark with a postcode.

• topcodes

Compound of post +‎ code.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔstˌkoː.də/

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• Hyphenation: post‧co‧de

postcode m (plural postcodes)

1. a postcode, a postal code