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POSTAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does postal mean?
• POSTAL (adjective)
The adjective POSTAL has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the system for delivering mail
Familiarity information: POSTAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the system for delivering mail
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
postal delivery
Pertainym:
post (the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office)
Derivation:
post (the delivery and collection of letters and packages)
post (the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office)
Context examples
Signifies an intermediary who is responsible for transferring a piece of mail between the postal system and the final addressee.
(Care Of, NCI Thesaurus)
A data type comprised of a portion of an address such as a street, house number, post box number, postal code, city or country.
(Address Part Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)
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