box number
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- noun
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número de apartado
- I received a letter addressed to my box number at the post office, which is how I get my important correspondence.
- post office box number
- office box number
Examples
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Why don't you just tell me the box number?
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I want the name of the bank and the safety-deposit box number.
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The name of the bank and the box number, now.
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Just give me the box number, and we'll go our separate ways.
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I have a box number now.
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Use this box number like an apartment number.
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I wanted to get access to box number 70, please.
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Your box number?
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Box number 6111.
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Please make sure to include your box number on the application form so we can process your mail efficiently.
Synonyms
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A number used to receive mail at a post office box
A number for a box at the post office where you receive mail
A number for a post office box where you collect mail
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a number assigned to a mailbox' is directly and transparently derivable from combining 'box' (a container or mailbox) with 'number' (a numeric identifier). This simple noun+noun compositional pattern is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words should understand the phrase.
Etymology
Box number comes from the small, numbered boxes people rent at a 'post office'. Each person's 'mail' goes into their numbered box, so the phrase now means the 'number' used as a 'mail' address.