postage stamp
noun
1.
a small gummed label issued by postal authorities that can be affixed to an envelope, postcard, or package as evidence that postal charges have been paid.
Also called
stamp
.
Origin
1830-40
postage-stamp
[
poh
-stij-stamp]
/ˈpoʊ stɪdʒˌstæmp/
adjective
,
Informal.
1.
of very small area or size:
a postage-stamp bikini.
Origin
1960-65
Examples from the web for
postage stamp
The technique uses a
postage stamp
-size piece of paper dotted with colored pigments.
With everybody buying music online, it's literally been reduced to the size of a
postage stamp
.
He is now represented on a new
postage stamp
, the subject of a look-alike contest and featured in an exhibit in the museum.
He became a mascot for the postal service and has recently been featured on his own
postage stamp
.
British Dictionary definitions for
postage stamp
postage stamp
noun
1.
a printed paper label with a gummed back for attaching to mail as an official indication that the required postage has been paid
2.
a mark directly printed or embossed on an envelope, postcard, etc, serving the same function