Alternative forms

• zipcode, ZIP Code, ZIP code, Zip Code, Zip code

Etymology

From ZIP Code, a trademark of the United States Postal Service, from ZIP (“Zone Improvement Plan”), introduced 1963.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈzɪp koʊd/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ZIPCODE

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ZIPCODE

Noun

zip code (plural zip codes)Category:English lemmas#ZIPCODECategory:English nouns#ZIPCODECategory:English countable nouns#ZIPCODECategory:English multiword terms#ZIPCODECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ZIPCODECategory:Pages with entries#ZIP%20CODECategory:Pages with 1 entry#ZIP%20CODE

1. (USCategory:American English#ZIPCODE) A postal code, especially for addresses served by the US Postal Service, consisting of a five- or nine-figure number.

   Synonyms: zip, ZIP

   Hypernyms: postal code, postcode

   • 2009, Judy Root Aulette, Judith G. Wittner, Kristin Blakely, Gendered Worlds‎, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 351:

     90210 was a television show popular in the 1990s about a group of high school students and their families who all lived in the zip code 90210 in Beverly Hills, California, an affluent suburb of Los Angeles.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ZIPCODE

2. (USCategory:American English#ZIPCODE, by extension) Any postal code.

   Synonyms: postal code, postcode

   • 1990, Alan Simpson, Paul Lichtman, The First Book of Lotus 1-2-3‎, H.W. Sams & Company, →ISBN:

     For example, the foreign zip code H24 JZL is most certainly not a number.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ZIPCODE

   • 2011, Jaime Reed, Burning Emerald, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 46:

     Carrying the package to the stairs inside, I noticed it was addressed to Mom and me with a European zip code and stamp.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ZIPCODE

3. (PhilippinesCategory:Philippine English#ZIPCODE) A postal code, especially for addresses served by PhilPost, consisting of a four-figure number.
4. (sportsCategory:en:Sports#ZIPCODE, by extension) A grouping of athletes or teams with similar skill level.

   Wallace and Brewer are almost certain to finish 1-2 in some order – no one else is even in the same zip code.

   Category:English terms with usage examples#ZIPCODE

Verb

zip code (third-person singular simple present zip codes, present participle zip coding, simple past and past participle zip coded)Category:English lemmas#ZIPCODECategory:English verbs#ZIPCODECategory:English multiword terms#ZIPCODECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ZIPCODECategory:Pages with entries#ZIP%20CODECategory:Pages with 1 entry#ZIP%20CODE

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ZIPCODE) To provide with, or allocate to, a zip code.

Further reading

• ZIP Code on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• zip code, zipcode, ZIP code, ZIP Code, Zip Code at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.