postcard

Or post card

[pohst-kahrd]

noun

1. Also called picture postcard. a small, commercially printed card, usually having a picture on one side and space for a short message on the other.

2. postal card.

postcard

/ ˈpəʊstˌkɑːd /

noun

1. Also called (US): postal card. a card, often bearing a photograph, picture, etc, on one side, ( picture postcard ), for sending a message by post without an envelope

Word History and Origins

Origin of postcard¹

First recorded in 1865–70; post ³ + card ¹

Example Sentences

If we tear ourselves away, we can study those postcards, as well as guidebooks and a map noting places that Monet painted, stayed in and visited.

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Nearby is poetry written in Anne’s hand, as well as postcards from Anne and her sister, Margot, to a neighbor in their former hometown of Frankfurt.

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About 8 million people will receive postcards informing them of the error, she said, at a cost to taxpayers of about $3 million to $4 million.

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Even if the corrective notices are mailed to voter households rather than individual voters, the postage alone is likely to be millions of dollars, in addition to the cost of printing the postcards.

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"And I remember reading about a postcard that Bill Anders got when he got back, and it just simply, all that was written on it was, 'you saved 1968'"

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