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postage stamp
1noun
- a small gummed label issued by postal authorities that can be affixed to an envelope, postcard, or package as evidence that postal charges have been paid.
postage-stamp
2[ poh-stij-stamp ]
adjective
- of very small area or size:
a postage-stamp bikini.
postage stamp
noun
- a printed paper label with a gummed back for attaching to mail as an official indication that the required postage has been paid
- a mark directly printed or embossed on an envelope, postcard, etc, serving the same function
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of postage stamp1
Origin of postage stamp2
Example Sentences
Artist Corita Kent, the former Los Angeles nun whose colorful works include the immensely popular “LOVE” postage stamp, died in her Boston home Thursday after a six-month battle against cancer.
The company said it would switch its focus to parcel deliveries and that any postage stamps bought this year or in 2024 could be refunded for a limited period in 2026.
It is also smaller than other airports, such as nearby Dulles International Airport, with Mr Slack calling it a postage stamp.
Rude gestures are rare on postage stamps, but Ukraine's best known stamp has one.
The patch is a soft and stretchy device, about the size of a postage stamp, that adheres to the skin.
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