mailing address

American  

[mey-ling uh-dres, ad-res] / ˈmeɪ lɪŋ əˌdrɛs, ˌæd rɛs /

noun

mailing addresses plural

1. the address at which a person receives physical mail, whether at the street address of a home or business, or at a post office box or other location.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• mailing addresses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of mailing address

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

mailing address

Pratt listed it as his mailing address, while Heidi listed it as her mailing address and residence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026

Related: ‘I’m part of a blended family that didn’t blend well’: My stepsister added her mailing address to our mother’s bank account.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026

Verify that your correct email address, phone number and mailing address are listed.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2024

On a 1923-postmarked card from Morrison’s collection, a correspondent asks her brother — who was possibly away at school, given the St. Olaf College mailing address — “Will you have turkey?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2023

She told them that from now on their mailing address was Post Office Box 1663, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin