Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

zip code

/ˈzɪp koʊd/ noun, verb

Forms zip codes zip coding zip coded zipcode

noun (US) A postal code, especially for addresses served by the US Postal Service, consisting of a five- or nine-figure number.
noun (US, by extension) Any postal code.
noun (Philippines) A postal code, especially for addresses served by PhilPost, consisting of a four-figure number.
noun (sports, 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.”
verb (transitive) To provide with, or allocate to, a zip code.

Synonyms

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

Trademark of United States Postal Service, from ZIP (“Zone Improvement Plan”), introduced 1963.

Sources: Wiktionary — from the Wiktionary entry “zip code”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details