Associations to the word «Postcode»

Wiktionary

POSTCODE, noun. (UK) (Australia) (NZ) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post / mail.
POSTCODE, noun. (by extension) The region denoted by a postcode.
POSTCODE, verb. (UK) To give a postcode to; to mark with a postcode.
POSTCODE LOTTERY, noun. (British) the unequal availability of services in different parts of the country; especially those services provided by the state

Dictionary definition

POSTCODE, noun. A code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats