Meanings
nounpostage stamp (plural postage stamps)
plural postage stamps
- A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.
The postage stamps on the letters from overseas were almost as interesting as the letters themselves.
- colloquialfigurativelyA very small area.
We have just a postage stamp of a back garden.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe upper left- or right-hand corner of the goal.
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More synonyms by meaning
nouna small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paid
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans posseël
- posseëlpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Arabic طَابِع, طَابِع بَرِيدِيّ
- طَابِع (ṭābiʕ)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- طَابِع بَرِيدِيّ (ṭābiʕ barīdiyy)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Basque zigilu
- zigilupiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Bengali টিকিট, ডাকটিকিট
- টিকিট (ṭikiṭ)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- ডাকটিকিট (ḍakṭikiṭ)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Bulgarian по́щенска ма́рка, ма́рка
- по́щенска ма́рка (póštenska márka)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- ма́рка (márka)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Catalan segell
- segellpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Chinese Cantonese 郵票 /邮票
- 郵票 /邮票 (jau⁴ piu³)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Chinese Mandarin 郵票 /邮票, 面積很小的地方 /面积很小的地方
- 郵票 /邮票 (yóupiào)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- 面積很小的地方 /面积很小的地方 (miànjī hěn xiǎo de dìfang)small area
Czech poštovní známka, známka
- poštovní známkapiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- známkapiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Danish frimærke, mærke
- frimærkepiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- mærkepiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- frimærkesmall area
Dutch postzegel
- postzegelpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Esperanto poŝtmarko
- poŝtmarkopiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Estonian postmark, mark
- postmarkpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- markpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Finnish postimerkki, merkki
- postimerkkipiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- merkkipiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- postimerkkismall area
French timbre, timbre postal
- timbrepiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- timbre postalpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- timbre-postesmall area
German Briefmarke, Marke
- Briefmarkepiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- Markepiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- Freimarkepiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- Wertpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- Postwertzeichenpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- Wertzeichenpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Greek γραμματόσημο
- γραμματόσημο (grammatósimo)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Hebrew בּוּל דֹּאַר\בּוּל דואר, בּוּל
- בּוּל דֹּאַר\בּוּל דואר (bul dóar)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- בּוּל (bul)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Hindi डाक का टिकट, टिकट
- डाक का टिकट (ḍāk kā ṭikaṭ)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- टिकट (ṭikaṭ)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- डाक-टिकट (ḍāk-ṭikaṭ)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- स्टाम्प (sṭāmp)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Hungarian postabélyeg, levélbélyeg
- postabélyegpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- levélbélyegpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Icelandic frímerki
- frímerkipiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Indonesian prangko, perangko
- prangkopiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- perangkopiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Irish stampa poist
- stampa poistpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Italian francobollo, marca da bollo
- francobollopiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- marca da bollopiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Japanese 郵便切手, 切手
- 郵便切手 (yūbin kitte)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- 切手 (kitte)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Korean 우표
- 우표 (upyo)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Latvian pastmarka, marka
- pastmarkapiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- markapiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Lithuanian pašto ženklas, ženklas
- pašto ženklaspiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- ženklaspiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Malay setem, setem pos
- setempiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- setem pospiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Norwegian Bokmål frimerke, merke
- frimerkepiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- merkepiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Polish znaczek pocztowy, znaczek
- znaczek pocztowypiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- znaczekpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- kawaląteksmall area
Portuguese selo, selo postal
- selopiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- selo postalpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Romanian timbru, timbru poștal
- timbrupiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- timbru poștalpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- marcă poștalăpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Russian почто́вая ма́рка, ма́рка
- почто́вая ма́рка (počtóvaja márka)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- ма́рка (márka)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Slovak poštová známka, známka
- poštová známkapiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- známkapiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Spanish estampilla, sello
- estampillapiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- sellopiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- timbrepiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Swahili stempu
- stempupiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Swedish frimärke
- frimärkepiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Tagalog selyo
- selyopiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Tamil அஞ்சற்றலை
- அஞ்சற்றலை (añcaṟṟalai)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Thai ไปรษณียากร, แสตมป์
- ไปรษณียากร (bprai-sà-nii-yaa-gɔɔn)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- แสตมป์ (sà-dtɛɛm)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- ตราไปรษณียากร (dtraa-bprai-sà-nii-yaa-gɔɔn)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- ดวงตราไปรษณียากร (duuang-dtraa-bprai-sà-nii-yaa-gɔɔn)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Turkish posta pulu, pul
- posta pulupiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- pulpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Ukrainian пошто́ва ма́рка, ма́рка
- пошто́ва ма́рка (poštóva márka)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- ма́рка (márka)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Urdu ڈاک ٹِکَٹ, ٹِکَٹ
- ڈاک ٹِکَٹ (ḍāk ṭikaṭ)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- ٹِکَٹ (ṭikaṭ)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Vietnamese tem, cò
- tempiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- còpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- tem thưpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
- tem bưu chínhpiece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Yiddish מאַרקע
- מאַרקע (marke)piece of paper indicating postage has been paid
Cite this entry
APA
postage stamp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postage%20stamp
MLA
“postage stamp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postage%20stamp. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postage stamp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postage%20stamp.
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