postal route
Carrier's daily circuit
A postal route is the path a mail carrier follows to deliver mail within an assigned area.
The term covers both the geographic territory and the sequence of stops: She's been on the same postal route for fifteen years.
Rural routes typically cover more ground; urban routes pack more addresses into shorter distances.
- mailPostal system items
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- special deliveryUrgent postal service
- priority mailUpgraded postal delivery speed
- mail carrierDelivers letters professionally
letter carrier · carrier · mailman · house to house · letters · packages · truck · walking · neighborhood · zip code · zip code map · postmark · stamps · sorting · mailbox · parcels · mail truck · doorstep
- postalmail, mail delivery, stamp, stamps, mail service
- postal servicemail, sorting machine, stamps, stamp, mailbox
- routesroad, path, highway, freeway, trail
- trade routessilk road, Silk Road, King's Highway, triangular trade, salt road
- postal historystamps, postmarks, postmaster, postmark, mailboxes
- airmail deliveryairmail, pilot
postal routepost office box
Rented compartment for correspondence
P.O. box · general delivery · pickup point · will-call · mail drop
postal routesorting facility
Location for organizing shipments
distribution center · storage depot · dead letter office · holding facility
postal, route, post, posts, posted, posting, poster, postage, postman