BOX NUMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does box number mean? 

• BOX NUMBER (noun)
  The noun BOX NUMBER has 2 senses:

1. the number of a letter box at the post office where mail is collected

2. a mailing address to which answers to a newspaper ad can be sent

  Familiarity information: BOX NUMBER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOX NUMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The number of a letter box at the post office where mail is collected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

box number; PO Box No; PO box number; post-office box number

Hypernyms ("box number" is a kind of...):

mailing address (the address where a person or organization can be communicated with)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mailing address to which answers to a newspaper ad can be sent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("box number" is a kind of...):

mailing address (the address where a person or organization can be communicated with)

 Context examples 

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)