Meanings
post office box1
plural post office boxes · alternative post-office box
- A uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office that may be hired as collection point for mail.
“Rich people use post office boxes to shield themselves from unwanted correspondence. It’s like a garbage can for mail.”
2022, Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, Penguin (2023), page 307Synonyms: PO box, postal box
- businessA test instrument once used by telephone engineers.
Post Office Box2
plural Post Office Boxes
- Alternative letter-case form of post office box.
See also: PO Box
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office that may be hired as collection point for mail.
Translations
Basque posta kutxatila
- posta kutxatilabox hired as collection point for mail
Bulgarian пощенска кутия
- пощенска кутия (poštenska kutija)box hired as collection point for mail
Catalan apartat de correus
- apartat de correusbox hired as collection point for mail
Chinese Mandarin 郵政信箱 /邮政信箱
- 郵政信箱 /邮政信箱 (yóuzhèng xìnxiāng)box hired as collection point for mail
Czech poštovní přihrádka
- poštovní přihrádkabox hired as collection point for mail
Danish postboks
- postboksbox hired as collection point for mail
Dutch postbus
- postbusbox hired as collection point for mail
Finnish postilokero
- postilokerobox hired as collection point for mail
French boîte postale, case postale
- boîte postalebox hired as collection point for mail
- case postalebox hired as collection point for mail
German Postfach
- Postfachbox hired as collection point for mail
Greek ταχυδρομική θυρίδα
- ταχυδρομική θυρίδα (tachydromikí thyrída)box hired as collection point for mail
Hungarian postafiók
- postafiókbox hired as collection point for mail
Indonesian kotak pos
- kotak posbox hired as collection point for mail
Italian casella postale
- casella postalebox hired as collection point for mail
Japanese 私書箱
- 私書箱 (shishobako)box hired as collection point for mail
Korean 사서함
- 사서함 (saseoham)box hired as collection point for mail
Norwegian Bokmål postboks
- postboksbox hired as collection point for mail
Persian صندوق پستی
- صندوق پستی (sanduq-e posti)box hired as collection point for mail
Polish skrytka pocztowa
- skrytka pocztowabox hired as collection point for mail
Portuguese caixa de coleta
- caixa de coletabox hired as collection point for mail
Romanian căsuță poștală
- căsuță poștalăbox hired as collection point for mail
Russian абоне́нтский я́щик
- абоне́нтский я́щик (abonéntskij jáščik)box hired as collection point for mail
Spanish apartado postal, apartado de correos
- apartado postalbox hired as collection point for mail
- apartado de correosbox hired as collection point for mail
Swedish postbox
- postboxbox hired as collection point for mail
Tagalog kahong koreo
- kahong koreobox hired as collection point for mail
Ukrainian абонеме́нтна скри́нька, абоне́нтська скри́нька
- абонеме́нтна скри́нька (aboneméntna skrýnʹka)box hired as collection point for mail
- абоне́нтська скри́нька (abonéntsʹka skrýnʹka)box hired as collection point for mail
Cite this entry
post office box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post%20office%20box
“post office box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post%20office%20box. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “post office box,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post%20office%20box.
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