Stamp Meaning and Definition

Word: Stamp

How to pronounce: stæmp

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Bring down (one's foot) heavily on the ground or on something on the ground.

Example sentences: "He stamped his foot in frustration"

2. Impress a pattern or mark, especially an official one, on (a surface, object, or document) using an engraved or inked block or die or other instrument.

Example sentences: "The woman stamped my passport"

3. Affix a postage stamp or stamps onto (a letter or package)

Example sentences: "Annie stamped the envelope for her"

4. Crush or pulverize (ore).

Example sentences: "The ore was stamped fine, roasted, and amalgamated in combination pans without grinding."

Noun

Definitions:

1. An instrument for stamping a pattern or mark, in particular an engraved or inked block or die.

Example sentences: "Hathaway used a variety of stamps to mark his tools."

2. A small adhesive piece of paper stuck to something to show that an amount of money has been paid, in particular a postage stamp.

Example sentences: "A first-class stamp"

3. An act or sound of stamping with the foot.

Example sentences: "The stamp of boots on the bare floor"

4. A block for crushing ore in a stamp mill.

Example sentences: "Work was immediately started, and the 300 additional stamps were dropping in May, 1890, thus making a total of 540 stamps crushing ore from the Treadwell mine."

Synonyms:

postage stamp

postage

print

press tool

rubber stamp

die block

punch

mark

hallmark

signature stamp

point

marker

stomp

clomp

fingerprint

imprint

revenue stamp

exterminate

eradicate

extirpate

root out

wipe out

tromp

tramp

seal

mold

stereotype

mould

stump

root

impression

impress

note

Antonyms:

print

Derivations:

stamping

stamper

stamped

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Stamp in Other Languages...

Spanish: Sello

German: Stempel

French: Timbre

Italian: Timbro

Turkish: Damga