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postmark
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun postmark has 1 sense
- postmark(n = noun.communication) Array - a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing; Array is a kind of mark, marker, marking
Derived form verb postmark1
Verb postmark has 1 sense
- postmark(v = verb.contact) frank - stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing; Array is one way to stamp
Derived form noun postmark1
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
postmark, n.
The mark, or stamp, of a post office on a letter, giving the place and date of mailing or of arrival. [1913 Webster]
postmark, v. t.
To mark with a post-office stamp; as, to postmark a letter or parcel. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
postmark, n. & v.
--n. an official mark stamped on a letter, esp. one giving the place, date, etc. of dispatch or arrival, and serving to cancel the stamp.
--v.tr. mark (an envelope etc.) with this.
--n. an official mark stamped on a letter, esp. one giving the place, date, etc. of dispatch or arrival, and serving to cancel the stamp.
--v.tr. mark (an envelope etc.) with this.
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