Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postage stamp

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: postage s-tamp
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.

noun

A very small area.

Colloquial

noun

The upper left- or right-hand corner of the goal.

Slang

Example Sentences

"The postage stamps on the letters from overseas were almost as interesting as the letters themselves."
"We have just a postage stamp of a back garden."
"[…] got in on the act himself, firing in an unstoppable shot that arced into the postage stamp top corner of Andy Goram's goal."

Usage

Inflected Forms

postage stamps (plural)

Phrases

could be written on the back of a postage stamp could fit on the back of a postage stamp semi-postal stamp postage code

Frequently Paired Words

mail philately postage code

Synonyms

top bin postage stamp

Questions

What does postage stamp mean?: A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.

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