stamp

CEFRB1

/stæmp/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small piece of paper used to pay for sending mail.

  2. 02

    verb

    To press a mark or shape onto something.

Examples

  • He stuck a stamp on the envelope.

  • I'd like to have a look at your stamp collection.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A device for imprinting designs.

  2. An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping.

  3. An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.

More examples

In context

  • Put this stamp on the postcard and drop it in the mailbox.

  • My passport has quite a collection of stamps.

  • She loved to make designs with her collection of stamps.

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The postal worker needs to blank each envelope with the date before sending it.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English stampen (“to pound, crush”), from assumed Old English *stampian, variant of Old English stempan (“to crush, pound, pound in mortar, stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, *stampijan, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną, *stampijaną (“to trample, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *stemb- (“to trample down”). Cognate with Dutch stampen (“to stamp, pitch”), German stampfen (“to stamp”), Danish stampe (“to stamp”), Swedish stampa (“to stomp”), Occitan estampar, Polish stąpać (“to step, treat”). See also stomp, step. Marks indicating that postage had been paid were originally made by stamping the item to be mailed; when affixed pieces of paper were introduced for this purpose,...