/ English Dictionary

POSTMARK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("postmark" is a kind of...):

mark; marker; marking (a distinguishing symbol)

Derivation:

postmark (stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing

Synonyms:

frank; postmark

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "postmark" is one way to...):

stamp (to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

postmark (a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing)

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 Context examples: 

It was not a common thing for him to receive letters, for his bills were all paid in ready money, and he had no friends of any sort. ‘From India!’ said he as he took it up, ‘Pondicherry postmark! What can this be?’

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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