postage stamp
postage stamp noun: a small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.
Noun
postage stamp (plural postage stamps)
- A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.
- The postage stamps on the letters from overseas were almost as interesting as the letters themselves.
- A very small area.
- We have just a postage stamp of a back garden.
- The upper left- or right-hand corner of the goal.
- […] got in on the act himself, firing in an unstoppable shot that arced into the postage stamp top corner of Andy Goram's goal.2011, Alistair Aird, Ally McCoist - Rangers Legend
- Synonyms:
- top bin
postage stamp meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
postage stamp in Hindi
- piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- डाक का टिकट ḍāk kā ṭikaṭ, टिकट ṭikaṭ, डाक-टिकट ḍāk-ṭikaṭ, स्टाम्प sṭāmp
postage stamp in Tamil
- piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- அஞ்சற்றலை añcaṟṟalai
postage stamp in Urdu
- piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- ڈاک ٹِکَٹ ḍāk ṭikaṭ, ٹِکَٹ ṭikaṭ
postage stamp in Bengali
- piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- টিকিট ṭikiṭ, ডাকটিকিট ḍakṭikiṭ
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- postage stamp in Telugu
- తపాలా బిళ్ళ tapālā biḷḷa
- postage stamp in Malayalam
- തപാൽ മുദ്ര tapāl mudra
- postage stamp in Kannada
- ಅಂಚೆ ಚೀಟಿ añce cīṭi
- postage stamp in Gujarati
- ટપાલ ટિકિટ ṭapāl ṭikiṭ
- postage stamp in Sinhala
- තැපැල් මුද්දර tæpæl muddara
- postage stamp in Assamese
- ডাক টিকট dak tikot
- postage stamp in Nepali
- हुलाक टिकट hulāk ṭikaṭ
- postage stamp in Pashto
- لېونحاله levanhãla
- postage stamp in Tagalog
- selyo
- postage stamp in Arabic
- طَابِع ṭābiʕ, طَابِع بَرِيدِيّ ṭābiʕ barīdiyy
- postage stamp in Malay
- setem, setem pos
- postage stamp in Indonesian
- prangko, perangko
- postage stamp in Thai
- ไปรษณียากร bprai-sà-nii-yaa-gɔɔn, แสตมป์ sà-dtɛɛm, ตราไปรษณียากร dtraa-bprai-sà-nii-yaa-gɔɔn, ดวงตราไปรษณียากร duuang-dtraa-bprai-sà-nii-yaa-gɔɔn
- postage stamp in Vietnamese
- tem, cò, tem thư, tem bưu chính
- postage stamp in Myanmar
- ခေါင်း hkaung:, တံဆိပ်ခေါင်း tamhciphkaung:
Synonyms of postage stamp
Forms of postage stamp
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Words formed from postage stamp
Questions about postage stamp
- What does postage stamp mean?
- Postage stamp means a small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.
- What is postage stamp in Hindi?
- Postage stamp in Hindi is डाक का टिकट (ḍāk kā ṭikaṭ), टिकट (ṭikaṭ), डाक-टिकट (ḍāk-ṭikaṭ). See Postage stamp meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is postage stamp?
- Postage stamp is a noun.
- What is the plural of postage stamp?
- The plural of postage stamp is postage stamps.
Words near postage stamp in the dictionary
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