Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

travelling post office

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: trav-el-ling -post of-fice
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of railway coach designed for the carriage and sorting of mail en route.

British usage

Example Sentences

"One of the important railway facilities which disappeared on the outbreak of war was the travelling post office. […] T.P.Os. have now been resumed, with the reinstatement on October 1 of those between Euston and Aberdeen, and between Paddington and Penzanze."
"From its pre-Second World War boom of 130 Travelling Post Offices (TPOs) that sorted mail on the move, Royal Mail has slowly (but progressively) shifted its mail operations to other modes of transport."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

travelling post offices (plural)

Synonyms

TPO mail car

Questions

What does travelling post office mean?: A type of railway coach designed for the carriage and sorting of mail en route.

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