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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail [syn: ZIP code, ZIP, postcode, postal code]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1967 a code (as of numbers and letters) used similarly to the zip code especially in the United Kingdom and Australia

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a group of letters or letters and figures which are added to a postal address to assist sorting.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also post code(postcodes) Your postcode is a short sequence of numbers and letters at the end of your address, which helps the post office to sort the mail. (BRIT; in AM, use zip code) N-COUNT