zip codes

Noun

zip code (plural zip codes)

1. (US) A postal code, especially for addresses served by the US Postal Service, consisting of a five- or nine-figure number.
   • 90210 was a television show popular in the 1990s about a group of high school students and their families who all lived in the zip code 90210 in Beverly Hills, California, an affluent suburb of Los Angeles.2009, Judy Root Aulette, Judith G. Wittner, Kristin Blakely, Gendered Worlds, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 351

   Synonyms:

   zip

2. (US, broadly) Any postal code.
   • For example, the foreign zip code H24 JZL is most certainly not a number.1990, Alan Simpson, Paul Lichtman, The First Book of Lotus 1-2-3, H.W. Sams & Company, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   postal code, postcode

3. (Philippines) A postal code, especially for addresses served by PhilPost, consisting of a four-figure number.
4. (broadly) A grouping of athletes or teams with similar skill level.
   • Wallace and Brewer are almost certain to finish 1-2 in some order – no one else is even in the same zip code.

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