postage-stamp

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adjective

post·​age-stamp ˈpō-stij-ˌstamp How to pronounce postage-stamp (audio)
: suggesting a postage stamp in size : very small
postage-stamp yards

postage stamp

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noun

: a government adhesive stamp or imprinted stamp for use on mail as evidence of prepayment of postage

Examples of postage-stamp in a Sentence

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Noun
A number of items from the early days of the modern games, such as historical postage stamps and promotional posters, will be on view. Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024 The New Orleans artist is responsible for more than two dozen postage stamps, of such luminaries as Marilyn Monroe, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and playwright Tennessee Williams. David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2024 O’Connor, who won the National Book Award in 1972 and was put on a U.S. postage stamp in 2015, has been credited with writing tart, anti-racist parables along with deep explorations of her Catholic faith. Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023 Her image peered from a postage stamp in 1986, flew across the stratosphere on the wings of a Norwegian Air plane in 2017, and adorned a Google Doodle two years later. Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024 Apple has solved a lot of these problems, starting with the Vision Pro’s displays: two screens roughly the size of postage stamps. Kevin Roose, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024 The Vision Pro has a pair of micro-OLED displays that pack 23 million pixels into an area no larger than a postage stamp. IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2023 Jonathan is estimated to have been born around 1832, before the invention of the telephone, lightbulb or postage stamp. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2023 Music fans in the U.K. will be able to spice up their mail next week when Royal Mail unveils a collection of 15 new postage stamps in celebration of the Spice Girls. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1938, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1829, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of postage-stamp was in 1829

Dictionary Entries Near postage-stamp

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“Postage-stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postage-stamp. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

postage stamp

noun
: a government stamp used on mail to show that postage has been paid
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