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poste restante

poste restante noun: a postal service in which a mail is held at a post office to be collected by the recipient.

Noun

poste restante (uncountable)

  1. A postal service in which a mail is held at a post office to be collected by the recipient
    • This was in the old days, before the expansion of the internet, so we hadn’t received any news from Norway. The only exceptions were letters from girlfriends, friends and family that were sent poste restante to the harbors where we were expected.2017, Erling Kagge, Silence: In the Age of Noise, page 50
    Synonyms:
    general delivery, to be called for, care of post office

poste restante meaning in Tamil

poste restante in Tamil

அஞ்சற் காப்பகம்

Synonyms of poste restante

Origin of poste restante

Borrowed from French poste restante.

Questions about poste restante

What does poste restante mean?
Poste restante means a postal service in which a mail is held at a post office to be collected by the recipient.
What is poste restante in Tamil?
Poste restante in Tamil is அஞ்சற் காப்பகம். See Poste restante meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is poste restante?
Poste restante is a noun.

Words near poste restante in the dictionary

  1. postdrug
  2. postductal
  3. postdural
  4. postdynastic
  5. postdysenteric
  6. poste restante
  7. poste-haste
  8. postea
  9. postearthquake
  10. posteas
  11. posteclipse

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