post office box
noun
a small, locked compartment, usually in a post office, into which the mail of a box renter is put to be called for. POB, P.O.B.
post office boxes
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pluralof post office box.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Together, the brothers maintained about 15 different post office boxes in Temecula, according to the release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2024
Using administrative records produced lower population estimates in rural areas, mainly because of the more common use of post office boxes and rural route addresses rather than physical addresses, according to the simulation results.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023
Today, Pozner lives in hiding and goes to multiple post office boxes to receive his mail.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2022
Gallagher said she initially took up the issue to pursue anonymous landlords who listed only post office boxes as addresses.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2022
For example, there are 319 post offices and 207,352 post office boxes.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
