box number
box number noun: a numerical address for postal correspondence, managed by a company or organisation on behalf of the addressee, and used e.g. for convenience, if one does not have a suitable physical address for receiving mail, or to avoid giving one's real address (e.g. in a newspaper advertisement).
Noun
box number (plural box numbers)
- A numerical address for postal correspondence, managed by a company or organisation on behalf of the addressee, and used e.g. for convenience, if one does not have a suitable physical address for receiving mail, or to avoid giving one's real address (e.g. in a newspaper advertisement).
- They didn't give me a proper address, only a box number.
- Would anyone with knowledge of the present whereabouts of Mrs Doris Miggins, formerly of Station Road, please contact Box No. 99, Puddletown Evening Gazette.
Forms of box number
| plural | box numbers |
|---|---|
| alternative abbreviation common | box no. |
Origin of box number
Literally, the number of a box into which mail for a particular recipient is placed.
Questions about box number
- What does box number mean?
- Box number means a numerical address for postal correspondence, managed by a company or organisation on behalf of the addressee, and used e.g. for convenience, if one does not have a suitable physical address for receiving mail, or to avoid giving one's real address (e.g. in a newspaper advertisement).
- What part of speech is box number?
- Box number is a noun.
- What is the plural of box number?
- The plural of box number is box numbers.
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