Stamp Stæmp First Class Design Post Mark Noun 67p

• a 67p stamp
• could i have three first-class stamps, please?
• he has been collecting stamps since he was eight.
• a stamp album

stamp

1. 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
• SEE ALSO food stamp
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/food-stamp
• 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.

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
2. a tool for printing the date or a design or mark onto a surface
• SEE ALSO rubber stamp
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/rubber-stamp_1
• a date stamp
3. a design or words made by stamping something onto a surface
• The passports, with the visa stamps, were waiting at the embassy.
• The project has the government's stamp of approval.
4. 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. 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.
6. a kind or class, especially of people
• men of a different stamp
7. an act or sound of stamping the foot
• The stamp of hoofs alerted Isabel.

Word Origin

• Middle 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.