stamp

stamp is on the Basic English 850 List.

stage - stamp - star

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /stæmp/

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Noun

Singular stamp

Plural stamps

1. (countable) A little coloured square of paper that someone sticks to a letter when they want to send the letter.

   The stamp goes in the upper right part of the outside of the letter.

2. (countable) Any embossed sign or mark on a document.

   Deeds to a house have excise duty stamps attached.

Verb

Plain form stamp

Third-person singular stamps

Past tense stamped

Past participle stamped

Present participle stamping

1. To place a stamp.

   She stamped the sign of her company on the lower part of the letter.

2. To bring the heel of the foot sharply down on the floor.

   She stamped her pretty little foot.

Related words

• postage stamp