STAMP COLLECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stamp collection mean? 

• STAMP COLLECTION (noun)
  The noun STAMP COLLECTION has 2 senses:

1. a collection of stamps

2. the collection and study of postage stamps

  Familiarity information: STAMP COLLECTION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAMP COLLECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A collection of stamps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The collection and study of postage stamps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

philately; stamp collecting; stamp collection

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

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

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

aerophilately (the collection and study of airmail stamps)