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A uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office that may be hired as collection point for mail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: PO box, postal box
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mailbox, post box
A test instrument once used by telephone engineers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Alternative letter-case form of post office box.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Basque:
posta kutxatila
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Bulgarian:
пощенска кутия
(poštenska kutija)
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Burmese:
စာတိုက်သေတ္တာ
(catuiksetta)
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Catalan:
apartat de correus
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Chinese Mandarin:
郵政信箱 /邮政信箱
(yóuzhèng xìnxiāng)
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Czech:
poštovní přihrádka
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Danish:
postboks
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Dutch:
postbus
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Finnish:
postilokero
— box hired as collection point for mail
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French:
boîte postale
— box hired as collection point for mail
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French:
case postale
— box hired as collection point for mail
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German:
Postfach
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Greek:
ταχυδρομική θυρίδα
(tachydromikí thyrída)
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Hungarian:
postafiók
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Indonesian:
kotak pos
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Italian:
casella postale
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Japanese:
私書箱
(shishobako)
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Khmer:
ប្រអប់ប្រៃសណីយ៍
(prɑɑʼɑp praysaʼnii)
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Korean:
사서함
(saseoham)
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Manx:
kishtey post
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Manx:
kishtey screeuyn
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Norwegian Bokmål:
postboks
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
postboks
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Persian:
صندوق پستی
(sanduq-e posti)
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Polish:
skrytka pocztowa
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Portuguese:
caixa de coleta
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Romanian:
căsuță poștală
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Russian:
абоне́нтский я́щик
(abonéntskij jáščik)
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Spanish:
apartado postal
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Spanish:
apartado de correos
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Swedish:
postbox
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Tagalog:
kahong koreo
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Ukrainian:
абонеме́нтна скри́нька
(aboneméntna skrýnʹka)
— box hired as collection point for mail
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Ukrainian:
абоне́нтська скри́нька
(abonéntsʹka skrýnʹka)
— box hired as collection point for mail