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Definition of stamp noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stamp

noun
 
 
/stæmp/
 
/stæmp/
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    on letter/package

  1.  
    (also formal postage stamp)
    [countable] a small piece of paper with a design on it that you buy and stick on an envelope or a package before you post it
    • a 67p stamp
    • Could I have three first-class stamps, please?
    • He has been collecting stamps since he was eight.
    • a stamp album
    • The Post Office has issued a commemorative stamp to mark the event.
    see also food stamp
    Extra Examples
    • Don't forget to put a stamp on.
    • She stuck a first-class stamp on the letter.
    • The Post Office has launched some new Christmas stamps.
    • The stamps were issued in 1863.
    • a book of ten first-class stamps
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • postage
    • first-class
    • second-class
    • …
    … of stamps
    • book
    • set
    • sheet
    • …
    verb + stamp
    • put
    • put on
    • stick
    • …
    stamp + noun
    • album
    • collecting
    • collection
    • …
    See full entry
    2.

    printing tool

  2. [countable] a tool for printing the date or a design or mark onto a surface
    • a date stamp
    see also rubber stamp
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • official
    • date
    • time
    • …
    phrases
    • stamp of approval
    See full entry
    3.

    printed design/words

  3. [countable] a design or words made by stamping something onto a surface
    • The passports, with the visa stamps, were waiting at the embassy.
    • (figurative) The project has the government's stamp of approval.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • official
    • date
    • time
    • …
    phrases
    • stamp of approval
    See full entry
    4.

    proof of payment

  4. [countable] a small piece of paper with a design on it, stuck on a document to show that a particular amount of money has been paid
    • a TV licence stamp
    5.

    character/quality

  5. [singular] stamp (of something) (formal) the mark or sign of a particular quality or person
    • All his work bears the stamp of authority.
    Extra Examples
    • President Reagan left an indelible stamp on the nation.
    • She left her stamp on the school.
    • His work bears the unmistakable stamp of genius.
    • He has a new chance to put his stamp on policy.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • personal
    • unmistakable
    • indelible
    • …
    verb + stamp
    • bear
    • carry
    • leave on
    • …
    preposition
    • stamp of
    See full entry
  6. [singular] (formal) a kind or class, especially of people
    • men of a different stamp
    7.

    of foot

  7. [singular] an act or sound of stamping the foot
    • The stamp of hoofs alerted Isabel.
    8. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘crush to a powder’): of Germanic origin; related to German stampfen ‘stamp with the foot’; reinforced by Old French estamper ‘to stamp’. Compare with stomp.
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