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stamps

/stæmps/

stamps is the plural of stamp.

stamps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stamp.

Meaning of stamp

Noun

stamp (plural stamps)

  1. An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
    • The horse gave two quick stamps and rose up on its hind legs.
  2. An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping.
    • My passport has quite a collection of stamps.
  3. A device for imprinting designs.
    • She loved to make designs with her collection of stamps.
  4. A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues such as tax or licence fees.
    • I need one first-class stamp to send this letter.
  5. A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.
    • These stamps have a Christmas theme.
  6. (figuratively, slang) A tattoo.

See all 17 meanings of stamp

Proper noun capitalized: Stamps

Stamps

  1. (plural) plural of Stamp

Phrases with stamps

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Words that rhyme with stamps

Questions about stamps

What is stamps the plural of?
Stamps is the plural of stamp.
What part of speech is stamps?
Stamps is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce stamps?
Stamps is pronounced /stæmps/.

Words near stamps in the dictionary

  1. Stampleys
  2. stampman
  3. stampmen
  4. stampomania
  5. stamppot
  6. stamps
  7. stamps of approval
  8. stamps out
  9. stampt
  10. stams
  11. stamulumab

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stamps (page history and authors); Stamps (page history and authors); stamp (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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