STAMP COLLECTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stamp collecting mean? 

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

1. the collection and study of postage stamps

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAMP COLLECTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The collection and study of postage stamps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

philately; stamp collecting; stamp collection

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

aggregation; assembling; collecting; collection (the act of gathering something together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stamp collecting"):

aerophilately (the collection and study of airmail stamps)