post office boxes
Numbered mail compartments
Post office boxes are lockable compartments at a postal facility where mail is held for pickup rather than delivered to a street address.
People rent them for privacy, security, or when they lack a fixed address.
Commonly abbreviated P.O. box: Send payments to P.O. Box 1247.
Also called PO boxes.
- mailboxesReceptacles for delivered correspondence
- parcelsWrapped items for delivery
- deliveriesGoods brought somewhere
- lettersAlphabetic characters or mail
- junk mailUnsolicited commercial correspondence
return to sender · lockbox · mailing · mail slot · mail forwarding · change of address · general delivery · street address · keys · parcel lockers · packages · mailroom · shipping · express mail · registered mail · certified mail · postmasters · priority mail