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postmark

/ˈpoʊstˌmɑɹk/

postmark noun: a marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, mostly serving to cancel a postage stamp.

postmark: a marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date...
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Noun

postmark (plural postmarks)

  1. A marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, mostly serving to cancel a postage stamp.
    • He looked at the mauve envelope doubtfully, and examined the postmark. "Where is Pudlington, James? and one might almost ask—why is Pudlington? No town has any right to such an offensive name."1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond

Verb

postmark (third-person singular simple present postmarks, present participle postmarking, simple past and past participle postmarked)

  1. (transitive) To apply a postmark on.

postmark meaning in Urdu, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic

postmark in Urdu

ڈاک کا ٹھپہ

postmark in Malayalam

തപാലാപ്പീസ് മുദ്ര

postmark in Kannada

ಅಂಚೆಮುದ್ರೆ, ಠಸ್ಸೆ

postmark in Arabic

marking made by a postal service on a letter
خَتْم بَرِيدِيّ ḵatm barīdiyy
More languagesFewer languages
postmark in Indonesian
cap pos
postmark in Thai
ตราประทับ dtraa-bprà-táp

Forms of postmark

Noun
pluralpostmarks
Verb
third-person singular presentpostmarks
present participlepostmarking
past participlepostmarked
pastpostmarked

Origin of postmark

Compound of post + mark.

Questions about postmark

What does postmark mean?
Postmark means a marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, mostly serving to cancel a postage stamp.
What is postmark in Urdu?
Postmark in Urdu is ڈاک کا ٹھپہ. See Postmark meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is postmark?
Postmark can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce postmark?
Postmark is pronounced /ˈpoʊstˌmɑɹk/ (US).
What is the plural of postmark?
The plural of postmark is postmarks.

Words near postmark in the dictionary

  1. postmanipulation
  2. postmarathon
  3. postmarginal
  4. postmarital
  5. postmaritally
  6. postmark
  7. postmarked
  8. postmarket
  9. postmarketing
  10. postmarking
  11. postmarks

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: postmark (page history and authors); postmark (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); postmark (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); postmark (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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