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ZIP Code¹

Where it comes from

Trademark of United States Postal Service, from ZIP (“Zone Improvement Plan”), introduced 1963.

noun ZIP Codes

  1. uncommon Uncommon form of zip code

zip code²

  • /ˈzɪp koʊd/ US

Where it comes from

From ZIP Code, a trademark of the United States Postal Service, from ZIP (“Zone Improvement Plan”), introduced 1963.

noun zip codes · zipcode · ZIP Code · ZIP code · Zip Code · Zip code

  1. US A postal code, especially for addresses served by the US Postal Service, consisting of a five- or nine-figure number. 90210 was a television show popular in the 1990s about a group of high school students and their families who all lived in the zip code 90210 in Beverly Hills, California, an affluent suburb of Los Angeles.

    Similar: zip, ZIP

  2. US, broadly Any postal code. For example, the foreign zip code H24 JZL is most certainly not a number.

    Similar: postal code, postcode

  3. Philippines A postal code, especially for addresses served by PhilPost, consisting of a four-figure number.
  4. broadly A grouping of athletes or teams with similar skill level. Wallace and Brewer are almost certain to finish 1-2 in some order – no one else is even in the same zip code.

verb zip codes · zip coding · zip coded · zipcode · ZIP Code

  1. transitive To provide with, or allocate to, a zip code.

ZIP code³

noun ZIP codes

  1. alternative Alternative form of zip code New York State had two ZIP codes in the top 10 nationally, both in the Hamptons, famous for its high-end beachfront properties.

Zip Code⁴

proper noun Zip Codes

  1. alternative Alternative form of ZIP Code

Zip code⁵

noun Zip codes

  1. alternative Alternative form of ZIP Code

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noun US postal code

Españolcódigo postal
한국어짚 코드 jip kodeu
日本語ジップコード jippu kōdo

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@misc{zip_code_2026,
  title = {zip code},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zip%20code},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}