Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
POB

POB

3.5
A numbered box at a post office where you receive mail
  • noun
  • /piː oʊ biː/
  • US
translation icon : apartado de correos
  • Address correspondence to Paul Cameron, Family Research Institute, POB 62640, Colorado Springs, CO 80962-2640.

Examples

  • To reach the author, write to her at POB 1234, New York, NY 10001.

  • Please send your documents to John Smith, POB 4567, Austin, TX 78701.

  • Remit $7.75 for photocopy or $4.00 for fiche to Microfiche Publications, POB 3513, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10017.

    Academic text (1996)

  • All applications should be mailed to: Tech Innovators, POB 789, Seattle, WA 98101.

Synonyms

PO Box
vsPOB
7 3.4

A numbered box at a post office where you receive and collect your mail

is the abbreviation form rather than the full written name
Post-Office box
vsPOB
7 3.1

A numbered box at a post office where you collect your mail

is the shorter abbreviation form instead of the full hyphenated name
letter box
vsPOB
  • UK
1.8

A numbered box at a post office that people rent to receive mail

is the numbered postal compartment term rather than a general mail receptacle
call box
vsPOB
  • Archaic
6.1

A numbered box in a post office where a person collects their mail

is the standard postal abbreviation rather than an alternate label

Surface Forms

POB singular
POBs plural

Etymology

POB is short for Post Office Box, a numbered 'box' at the post office where you collect your mail. Think of it like renting a small, private mailbox inside the post office so your letters go there instead of to your street address. So, when someone gives a POB, they mean the place to receive mail.