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1. USA 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

   Synonyms: zip, ZIP

2. USbroadlyAny 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

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   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

   Synonyms: postal code, postcode

3. PhilippinesA postal code, especially for addresses served by PhilPost, consisting of a four-figure number.
4. broadlyhobbiesA 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.

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1. transitiveTo provide with, or allocate to, a zip code.

plural ZIP Codes

1. uncommonUncommon form of zip code.

plural ZIP codes

1. alternativeAlternative form of zip code.

   New York State had two ZIP codes in the top 10 nationally, both in the Hamptons, famous for its high-end beachfront properties.

   2024 November 28, Josh Ocampo, “Expensive ZIP Codes Have Something in Common”, in The New York Times

plural Zip Codes

1. alternativeAlternative form of ZIP Code.

plural Zip codes

1. alternativeAlternative form of ZIP Code.