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Meaning of postage stamp | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.
A very small area.
colloquial, figuratively
The upper left- or right-hand corner of the goal.
slang

Equivalents

Afrikaans posseël

አማርኛ ቴምብር

العربية طابع طَابِع بَرِيدِيّ

Azərbaycanca marka poçt markası təmr

Беларуская марка

Български марка

বাংলা টিকিট ডাকটিকিট

བོད་སྐད ཏི་ཀ་སི

Bosanski marka marke selo марка

Català segell

Čeština poštovní známka známka

Dansk frimærke mærke

Deutsch Briefmarke Freimarke Marke Postwertzeichen Wert Wertzeichen

Ελληνικά γραμματόσημο

Esperanto poŝtmarko

Español estampilla sello timbre

Eesti mark

Euskara zigilu

Suomi merkki postimerkki

Français timbre timbre postal timbre-poste

Gàidhlig stampa

Galego selo

עברית בול

हिन्दी इस्टाम टिकट

Hrvatski marka marke selo марка

Magyar levélbélyeg postabélyeg

Հայերեն նամականիշ

Bahasa Indonesia perangko prangko

Íslenska frímerki

Italiano francobollo marca da bollo

日本語切手郵便切手

ქართული მარკა

ខ្មែរ តែម

한국어 우표

Kurdî ço ço ço mark pûl şêlo tem têm wert

Lëtzebuergesch Timber

ລາວ ສະແຕັມໄປສະນີ

Lietuvių pašto ženklas ženklas

Latviešu pastmarka

Македонски марка

Монгол марк

Bahasa Melayu setem setem pos

Malti boll

မြန်မာဘာသာ ခေါင်း တံဆိပ်ခေါင်း

Nederlands postzegel

Polski kawalątek znaczek znaczek pocztowy

Português selo selo postal

Română marcă poștală timbru timbru poștal

Русский марка почтовая марка

Shqip pullë

Српски marka marke selo марка

Svenska frimärke

Kiswahili stempu

தமிழ் அஞ்சற்றலை

ไทย ตราไปรษณียากร แสตมป์

Tagalog selyo

Türkçe posta pulu pul

Українська марка

اردو ٹکٹ

Tiếng Việt cô tem

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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