po box
po box — noun
1. a numbered, locked compartment rented from the post office; your letters are del
a numbered, locked compartment rented from the post office; your letters are delivered there and kept safe until you come to collect them.
Christopher rents a PO box so his customers never see his home address.
rent a PO box for privacy
Please send your reply to PO Box 482, and the office will keep it for me.
PO Box + number as a mailing address
Every Friday, Talia drives into town to empty her PO box at the post office.
The charity asked donors to mail cheques to its PO box rather than the office.
Because Emre travels often, a PO box keeps his letters safe while he is away.
- post office box
the full form; 'PO box' is the everyday short version
- mailbox
American; broader — can mean a home letterbox, not only a rented post-office one
文法句型
PO Box + number
rent / hire a PO box
用法筆記
Written forms vary: 'PO Box', 'P.O. Box', and 'post office box' all refer to the same thing. The box is identified by a number, so the address is usually written as 'PO Box' plus that number.