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Meaning of "post town" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POST TOWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POST TOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Post town is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POST TOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Post town

A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system. Including the correct post town in the address increases the chance of a letter or parcel being delivered on time. Post towns in general originated as the location of delivery offices. Currently their main function is to distinguish between locality or street names in addresses not including a postcode.

Definition of post town in the English dictionary

The definition of post town in the dictionary is a town having a main Post Office branch.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POST TOWN

post and packing
post captain
post chaise
post exchange
post hoc
post horn
post horse
post house
post meridiem
post mill
post office
post office box
post road
post-and-rail fence
post-and-rail tea
post-bellum
post-colonial
post-consumer
post-cyclic
post-dated

WORDS THAT END LIKE POST TOWN

boom town
chief town
commuter town
company town
county town
downtown
garrison town
ghost town
go to town
hick town
home town
man about town
market town
new town
on the town
one-horse town
resort town
shanty town
small town
spa town
twin town

Synonyms and antonyms of post town in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «post town» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POST TOWN

Find out the translation of post town to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of post town from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «post town» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

驿站
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ciudad del poste
570 millions of speakers

English

post town
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पोस्ट शहर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بلدة بعد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сообщение город
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cidade pós
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপশহর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

après ville
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pos bandar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Poststadt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポスト町
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포스트 마을
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kutha pos
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gửi thị trấn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அஞ்சல் நகரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोस्ट शहर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kasaba sonrası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

città posta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

po mieście
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повідомлення місто
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oraș mesaj
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετά την πόλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plaas dorp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inlägget stad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

post byen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of post town

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POST TOWN»

The term «post town» is normally little used and occupies the 124.683 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POST TOWN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «post town» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «post town» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about post town

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POST TOWN»

Discover the use of post town in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to post town and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The industrial progress of New South Wales: being a report ...
being a report of the Intercolonial Exhibition of 1870, at Sydney; together with a variety of papers illustrative of the industrial resources of the colony. Warialda. Cadell — Moama, and another post-town — Mathoura. Caiba — Balranald.
‎1871
2
industrial progress: a report of the intercolonial ...
Warialda. Cadell — Moama, and another post-town — Mathoura. Caiba — Balranald. Clarence — Grafton, and eight other post- towns. Clarendon — Gundagai, and another post-town — Junee. Cliye — Tenterfield, and one other post-town ...
‎1871
3
The Edinburgh Gazetteer or compendious geographical ...
Ballaghadireen, a post town of the cohtity of Mayo, Ireland. Population 827. 123 miles W. by N. from Dublin. Ballantrae, a village of Scotland, in Ayrshire. Pop. 1280. 28 miles S.S.W. Ayr. Ballas, a trading village on the Nile, in Upper Egypt, ...
‎1829
4
Universal Geography, Or, a Description of All the Parts of ...
INGH AM, a post town of Ireland, in the county of Louth, noted for its ale, 43 miles N. Dublin. 53. 54. N. 6. 19. w. CASTLEBLANEY, a post town of Ireland in the county of Monaghan, 68 miles N. by w. Dublin. 54. 6. N. G. 39. w. CASTLE CAREY ...
Conrad Malte-Brun, 1833
5
Darby's Edition of Brookes' Universal Gazetteer; or, a New ...
4 30 N. Frederic/rsbur , post town in Spottsylvania county. irginia ; seated on the S side of the river Rappahannock, 66 miles N from Richmond, and 62 SW from Washington. ' This is a very advantageously situated and prosperous commercial  ...
Richard BROOKES (M.D.), William DARBY (Surveyor.), 1823
6
A descriptive road-book of Germany
Names of the Wateting-flaces. Names of the nearest Post-towns. A post-town Weimar A post-town A post-town Berne Munerstadt Schorndorf A post-town A post-town In the district of Baireuth Stuttgard A post-town Friedland Reinerz Ritzebuttel ...
Edward Augustus Domeier, 1830
7
Geographical Dictionary of the World
Mountainhome, a banking post-town, capital of Elmore co., Idaho, in the valley of the Snake River and on the Oregon Short Line, 60 miles SE. of Caldwell. Elevation, 3145 feet. It is in a fine wool-growing and stock- raising section. Pop. in 1900 ...
8
Post Office Guide
XI.-—POST OFFICES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. Including those in the Isle Qf Man, and in the Orkney, Shetland, Scilly, and Channel Islands. 175. When in the following list the name of one place stands alone, the place is a Post Town —that  ...
Great Britain. Post Office, 1870
9
Darby's edition of Brooke's Universal gazetteer, or, A new ...
... Henry fliderittoturg, Danish fort nn the Goto Ccsutoi" Guinea, near Cape Three- poras, 62 miles WSVV of Cape Coast CatOe. /.on. 1 5 VV, lat. 4 30 N. Prtikritk» bunr, post town in Spott- f "Vana coonty, Virginia ; seated on the S side of the river  ...
Richard Brookes, William Darby, 1828
10
Local Councillors in Europe
Table 1.2: Sampling and Survey Organisation over countries Country sampled by official questionnaires deliv- questionnaires list avail- ered by sent to able Austria Complete no Post town hall Belgium size, region, socio- no Post town hall and ...
Björn Egner, David Sweeting, Pieter-Jan Klok, 2013

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POST TOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term post town is used in the context of the following news items.
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Travel Top 10: Last-of-their-kind towns
Jimingyi Post Town, Huailai, China. 9. Amana Colonies, Iowa. 10. Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. -- Linda Zavoral, Staff ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jul 15»
2
Masters Series: A walk through Japan
Our morning walk took us to Nakatsugawa, an old post town that does a ... A beautiful spring day greeted us for a walk to the post town of ... «Travel Weekly, Jul 15»
3
The rising popularity of naming your house
“These are the postcode, post town and street name. Our postmen and women tend to have a good level of knowledge of the local communities ... «Burton Mail, Jul 15»
4
NYSEG applauds town's cleanup efforts
Previous Post New bed-and-breakfast ordinance is on the books Next Post Town Brief: Town Board to take summer break ... «Lewisboro Ledger, Jul 15»
5
Wem Town Council takes delivery of bad news from Royal Mail
Royal Mail has written to Wem Town Council saying it will not consider a request to change or remove a post town. It appears to bring to an end ... «shropshirestar.com, May 15»
6
Mother of 3 found dead after going missing last month
The Montgomery County Coroner's Office confirmed human remains found by road crews on Post Town Road in Trotwood Thursday were that ... «Dayton Daily News, Apr 15»
7
Amber Owens' family: 'No doubt' she was harmed
The mother of three went missing Oct. 21 and her body was found by road crews in some brush near Post Town Road in Trotwood on Dec. 4. «WHIO, Dec 14»
8
Whitton should be a 'post town' says Vince Cable
The campaign for a Whitton postcode has taken a fresh twist, with the local MP saying the area should be recognised as a 'post town'. «getwestlondon, Sep 14»

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