POSTAGE STAMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does postage stamp mean? 

• POSTAGE STAMP (noun)
  The noun POSTAGE STAMP has 1 sense:

1. a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid

  Familiarity information: POSTAGE STAMP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTAGE STAMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

postage; postage stamp; stamp

Hypernyms ("postage stamp" is a kind of...):

item; token (an individual instance of a type of symbol)

 Context examples 

He decided on the investment, and, after he had cashed the checks at the bank down in Oakland, he bought ten dollars' worth of postage stamps.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)