parcel locker

noun

An automated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels.

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Meanings

nounparcel locker (plural parcel lockers)

plural parcel lockers

  1. An automated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels.

    InPost, Poland’s largest private delivery firm, is installing portable defibrillators on some of its parcel lockers as part of a campaign to help reduce deaths from cardiac arrests.

    2025 August 13, Andżelika Cibor, “Polish delivery giant InPost to install life-saving defibrillators on parcel lockers”, in notesfrompoland.com, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2025

Origin

From parcel + locker.

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Translations

Czech doručovací box
  • doručovací boxautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
Dutch pakketbrievenbus, pakketbox
  • pakketbrievenbusautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
  • pakketboxautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
  • pakketautomaatautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
  • pakjesautomaatautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
Estonian pakiautomaat
  • pakiautomaatautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
Finnish pakettiautomaatti
  • pakettiautomaattiautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
German Paketautomat, Packsta­ti­on
  • Paketautomatautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
  • Packsta­ti­onautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
Italian paccomat
  • paccomatautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
Latvian pakomāts
  • pakomātsautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
Lithuanian paštomãtas
  • paštomãtasautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
Norwegian Bokmål pakkeboks, pakkeautomat
  • pakkeboksautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
  • pakkeautomatautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
Polish paczkomat
  • paczkomatautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
Portuguese armário automático
  • armário automáticoautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
Romanian pachetomat
  • pachetomatautomated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
Russian почтома́т, постама́т
  • почтома́т (počtomát)automated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
  • постама́т (postamát)automated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
Ukrainian поштома́т
  • поштома́т (poštomát)automated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels
Cite this entry
APA

parcel locker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parcel%20locker

MLA

“parcel locker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parcel%20locker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parcel locker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parcel%20locker.

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