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Meaning of postage stamp | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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

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

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