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box numbers

box numbers is the plural of box number.

Meaning of box number

Noun

box number (plural box numbers)

  1. 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.

Questions about box numbers

What is box numbers the plural of?
Box numbers is the plural of box number.

Words near box numbers in the dictionary

  1. box nasties
  2. box nasty
  3. box no.
  4. box nos.
  5. box number
  6. box numbers
  7. box of birds
  8. box of fluffies
  9. box of fluffy ducks
  10. box of ivories
  11. box of tricks

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