RETURN ADDRESS

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does return address mean? 

• RETURN ADDRESS (noun)
  The noun RETURN ADDRESS has 1 sense:

1. the address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be delivered

  Familiarity information: RETURN ADDRESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RETURN ADDRESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be delivered

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("return address" is a kind of...):

address; destination; name and address (written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location)