"post office box" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: post office boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=post office box}} post office box (plural post office boxes)
  1. A uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office that may be hired as collection point for mail. Categories (topical): Post Synonyms: PO box, postal box, post-office box Translations (box hired as collection point for mail): posta kutxatila (Basque), စာတိုက်သေတ္တာ (catuiksetta) (Burmese), apartat de correus [masculine] (Catalan), 郵政信箱 (Chinese Mandarin), 邮政信箱 (yóuzhèng xìnxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), poštovní přihrádka [feminine] (Czech), postboks (Danish), postbus [feminine] (Dutch), postilokero (Finnish), boîte postale [feminine] (French), case postale [Switzerland, feminine] (French), Postfach [neuter] (German), ταχυδρομική θυρίδα (tachydromikí thyrída) [feminine] (Greek), postafiók (Hungarian), kotak pos (Indonesian), casella postale (Italian), 私書箱 (shishobako) (alt: ししょばこ) (Japanese), ប្រអប់ប្រៃសណីយ៍ (prɑɑʼɑp praysaʼnii) (Khmer), 사서함 (saseoham) (alt: 私書函) (Korean), kishtey post [masculine] (Manx), kishtey screeuyn [masculine] (Manx), postboks [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), postboks [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), صندوق پستی (sanduq-e posti) (Persian), skrytka pocztowa [feminine] (Polish), caixa de coleta [feminine] (Portuguese), căsuță poștală [feminine] (Romanian), абоне́нтский я́щик (abonéntskij jáščik) [masculine] (Russian), apartado postal [masculine] (Spanish), apartado de correos [masculine] (Spanish), postbox [common-gender] (Swedish), kahong koreo (Tagalog), абонеме́нтна скри́нька (aboneméntna skrýnʹka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), абоне́нтська скри́нька (abonéntsʹka skrýnʹka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-post_office_box-en-noun-aszudJRJ Disambiguation of Post: 94 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'box hired as collection point for mail': 93 7
  2. (electricity) A test instrument once used by telephone engineers. Categories (topical): Electricity

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "абонеме́нтна скри́нька"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "abonéntsʹka skrýnʹka",
      "sense": "box hired as collection point for mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "абоне́нтська скри́нька"
    }
  ],
  "word": "post office box"
}

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