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zip code en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈzɪp koʊd/ (US)

Etymology

From ZIP Code, a trademark of the United States Postal Service, from ZIP (“Zone Improvement Plan”), introduced 1963.

Meanings

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:
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:
   • Carrying the package to the stairs inside, I noticed it was addressed to Mom and me with a European zip code and stamp. 2011, Jaime Reed, Burning Emerald, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 46:
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.

Forms

Deriveds

have one's own zip code

Hypernyms

postcode · postal code

Synonyms

postcode · zip · ZIP · postal code

Translations (7)

pl kod pocztowy (US postal code) · ko 짚 코드 (US postal code) · nv kéyah binahósʼaʼ bibéézh (US postal code) · es código postal (US postal code) · fi zip-koodi (US postal code) · ja ジップコード (US postal code) · nv nahósʼaʼ bibéézh (US postal code)

wikipedia: Zone Improvement Plan · wikipedia: United States Postal Service

zip code en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈzɪp koʊd/ (US)

Etymology

From ZIP Code, a trademark of the United States Postal Service, from ZIP (“Zone Improvement Plan”), introduced 1963.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To provide with, or allocate to, a zip code.

Forms

wikipedia: Zone Improvement Plan · wikipedia: United States Postal Service