postage stamp
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.
Origin of postage stamp
1- Also called stamp.
Words Nearby postage stamp
Other definitions for postage-stamp (2 of 2)
of very small area or size: a postage-stamp bikini.
Origin of postage-stamp
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How to use postage stamp in a sentence
The M1 packs 16 billion transistors on a microprocessor the size of a large postage stamp.
The great chip crisis threatens the promise of Moore’s Law | Jeremy Hsu | June 30, 2021 | MIT Technology Review“Honoring predator Harvey Milk on a U.S. postage stamp is disturbing to say the least,” reads the press release.
Bob Larson was raised in McCook, Nebraska, a postage-stamp town of around 7,000 people and 23 churches.
She was relentless in her efforts to have my father honored with a United States postage stamp.
How Betty Shabazz Persevered After Her Husband, Malcolm X, Was Killed | Ilyasah Shabazz | February 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThen Harris walked onto the postage stamp-sized stage, flashed that beauty queen smile and urged her crowd to hunker down.
She found the cloth postage stamp difficult to sit down in and avoid a Paris Hilton version of self-pimping.
On the upper right hand corner of your envelope, put your postage-stamp.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyIf the enquiry refers to matters interesting only to yourself, enclose a postage-stamp for the reply.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyIf you write to ask for an autograph, always inclose a postage stamp for the answer.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyBut it is hardly so well suited to the practical requirements of a postage stamp.
History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America | John Kerr TiffanyNobody can deny that postage-stamp collecting is a great help in teaching boys geography.
Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for postage stamp
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
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