post-office box
noun
(in a post office) a locked compartment into which the mail of a box renter is put to be called for. Abbreviation: POB, P.O.B.
Origin of post-office box
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Words nearby post-office box
post-it,
post-it note,
post-looping,
post-obit,
post-obit bond,
post-office box,
post-paid,
post-polio syndrome,
post-racial,
post-reformation,
post-revolutionary
British Dictionary definitions for post office box
post office box
noun
a private numbered place in a post office, in which letters received are kept until called for