postcode

A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.

Noun

  1. A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.

    1. (by extension) The region denoted by such a sequence.

      • The Environment Agency says it is mainly the most deprived postcodes that are the most flood-prone. - 2007 July 3, Polly Toynbee, “If Chelsea were under water, it would be taken seriously”, in The Guardian:
  2. A four-digit number added to a postal address to sort and deliver mail.

Origin

From post + code.

Forms

postcodes post code

Related

postal code zip code

Derived

postcode lottery postcode war

Verb

  1. To give a postcode to; to mark with a postcode.

Forms

postcodes postcoding postcoded post code