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GENERAL DELIVERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does general delivery mean?
• GENERAL DELIVERY (noun)
The noun GENERAL DELIVERY has 1 sense:
1. the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it
Familiarity information: GENERAL DELIVERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
general delivery; poste restante
Hypernyms ("general delivery" is a kind of...):
social unit; unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group)
Holonyms ("general delivery" is a part of...):
local post office; post office (a local branch where postal services are available)
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