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Meaning of stamp collecting | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The hobby of collecting and displaying postage stamps and related items.
    uncountable
  2. Collection of items or information of no intrinsic value.
    derogatory, figuratively, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

日本語 切手収集

Examples

“All science is either physics or stamp⟳ collecting.”
“He really changed the field of paleontology from the stamp-collecting type⟳ of science where you just catalog fossils.”

CEFR level

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

stamp collection stamp collector stamp coupling stamp duty stamp hinge stamp mill

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