box
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an address that some people use instead of having letters delivered to their house
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an address consisting of the number of a po box (=an address you use instead of your real address)
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a 19th-century British stamp that was the first sticky stamp ever to be used for letters
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post office box: used in an address showing the number of a small box at a post office where letters for you can be sent
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a group of numbers, or letters and numbers, that you write at the end of a person’s address to help the postman find the exact area where they live. The usual American word is zip code.
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the official building of a company in the UK, where all its post must be sent
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a small official piece of paper that you buy and stick on an envelope to pay for the cost of posting a letter or a parcel
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a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken
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