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post box

post box noun: a box in which post can be left by a sender to be picked up by a courier or postman (postal worker).

post box: a box in which post can be left by a sender to be picked up by a courier or postman (postal worker)
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Noun

post box (plural post boxes)

  1. (postal) A box in which post can be left by a sender to be picked up by a courier or postman (postal worker).
    • Would you take these letters down to the post box please – they've already got stamps.
    • Many large organisations have post box numbers. Mail from anywhere in the country is collected and delivered to this one address. What more could Post do to provide further value? While delivery of the mail to the post box is reliable, there are subsequent delays of, at times, a week before the...2000, Peter Vervest with Al Dunn, How to Win Customers in the Digital World: Total Action or Fatal Inaction, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 203
    Synonyms:
    letterbox, mailbox
  2. A box or slot into which a courier or postal worker puts letters for a recipient to collect.
    Synonyms:
    letterbox, mailbox

post box meaning in Tamil

post box in Tamil

அஞ்சல்பெட்டி, எழுத்துப்பெட்டி

Synonyms of post box

Forms of post box

pluralpost boxes
alternative formpostbox

Origin of post box

From post + box.

Questions about post box

What does post box mean?
Post box means a box in which post can be left by a sender to be picked up by a courier or postman (postal worker).
What is post box in Tamil?
Post box in Tamil is அஞ்சல்பெட்டி, எழுத்துப்பெட்டி. See Post box meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is post box?
Post box is a noun.
What is the plural of post box?
The plural of post box is post boxes.

Words near post box in the dictionary

  1. post and lintel
  2. post and pair
  3. post baccalaureate
  4. post bag
  5. post bags
  6. post box
  7. post boxes
  8. post boy
  9. post boys
  10. post captain
  11. post captains

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Adapted from Wiktionary: post box (page history and authors); post box (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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