shipping center

Parcel sorting facility

A shipping center is a business that provides mailing and packaging services to the public—places like UPS Store or FedEx Office where you can send packages, buy packing materials, and rent mailboxes.

The term also applies to large distribution facilities where goods are sorted and dispatched: Amazon operates massive shipping centers across the country.

Related

cargo · logistics · supply chain · distribution · hub · terminal · loading · forklift · pallets · trucking · delivery truck · crates · cardboard boxes · inventory · fulfillment · dispatch · conveyor · parcels

Opposites
function/purpose

shipping centerreceiving dock

Goods arrival platform

retail store · retail outlet · storefront · point of sale · showroom

movement/stasis

shipping centerstorage facility

Space for keeping things

warehouse · depot · archive · stockpile · cold storage

centralization of logistics

shipping centerdoorstep

Entrance's bottom ledge

Family

ship, center, ships, shipped, shipper, shippers, shipping, shipment, shipments

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G