parcel post

NOUN

delivery

Synonyms

STRONGEST

consignment distribution shipment transmission

STRONG

carting commitment conveyance dispatch drop mailing portage post rendition surrender

WEAK

freighting giving over handing over impartment intrusting

Antonyms

WEAK

capture confinement hold imprisonment keeping quiet restraint retention secrecy

NOUN

general delivery

Synonyms

WEAK

domestic mail post poste restante snail mail

Example Sentences

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Investigators say the thieves often use the parcel post or couriers to send their ill-gotten gains back to Chile.

From Los Angeles Times

Postal Department established parcel post and more than a decade before the Railway Express Agency.

From Seattle Times

Forget the internet and delivery drivers, Pryce Jones used the superhighway of the day - the railway and parcel post.

From BBC

The company had already made moves to enter the parcel market, launching parcel post boxes last year.

From BBC

The surge in parcel post meant revenues beat expectations for the period.

From BBC