STAMP COLLECTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The collection and study of postage stamps

Synonyms:

philately; stamp collecting; stamp collection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("stamp collection" is a kind of...):

aggregation; assembling; collecting; collection (the act of gathering something together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stamp collection"):

aerophilately (the collection and study of airmail stamps)

Meaning:

A collection of stamps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("stamp collection" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)