ZIP Code

ZIP Code

See also: zipcode, postal code, and zip code

English

Alternative forms

• ZIP code
• zip code
• zipcode

Etymology

from Zone Improvement Plan

Noun

ZIP Code (plural ZIP Codes)

1. (US) A postal code for addresses served by the US Postal Service, consisting of a five- or nine-figure number.
2. (US) A trademark of the US Postal Service for such postal codes.
3. (US) A region within which all addresses share a given five-digit ZIP Code.

   A lot of people in this area have lived in the same ZIP Code their whole lives.

Synonyms

• zip

Hypernyms

• (US postal code): postal code, postcode

Related terms

• ZIP plus 4
• ZIP + 4

Translations

US postal code

Finnish: zip-koodi

region covered by one US postal code