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stamp

stamp

36 1.5
A tool that makes a mark or design by pressing into a surface
  • noun
  • /stæmp/
translation icon : sello
  • Stamp collectors use it.
  • a rubber stamp
  • ink a stamp
  • a stamp tool

I gotta say my favorite products are the cheek stamps.

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Examples

  • The artist created a unique stamp that showcased her signature style.

  • So this is basically just like a stamp on cream blusher.

  • I was working on my stamp collection anyway.

  • No, but I got a spare stamp so you can mail a job application.

  • You mean like a hobby, like stamp collecting?

  • Then about the stamp again, I would have liked the imprints to be deeper.

  • Then he started collecting stamps because that's what he liked best.

  • Then she took a rubber stamp from a desk drawer, stamped the certificate, and signed it.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The page flips and we see visa stamps from all the exotic places he's been.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • She used a custom stamp to create beautiful designs on her handmade cards.

Synonyms

seal
vsstamp
  • Formal
106 4.2

An official mark that shows a document is real

is a general device for making imprints, not mainly for proving authenticity
marker
vsstamp
57 1.1

A pen with a thick tip used to make bold marks

is a device that leaves an impression rather than making marks with ink
rubber stamp
vsstamp
1 3.5

A hand tool with a rubber surface that makes a mark when pressed on an ink pad

is the general device for making imprints, not specifically hand operated
stamper
vsstamp
  • Specialized
1 7.3

A machine that presses shapes or patterns into materials like metal

is a general marking device rather than a heavy power press
handstamp
vsstamp
1 4.1

A small tool you press by hand to make a mark or design

is a general device often including larger or machine forms
imprinter
vsstamp
1 6.7

A person or machine that presses marks onto a surface

is only the physical tool that makes the imprint, not a person
stamping machine
vsstamp
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A machine that presses material like metal to make shapes or marks

is the everyday tool for making imprints rather than an industrial machine

Compounds

food stamp
  • Archaic
153 2.5

A government card or paper that people with little money use to buy food at certain stores

12 1.0

A small printed sticker you put on a letter to show you paid to send it

An official sign that shows someone agrees with something

A group of postage stamps that someone collects as a hobby

rubber stamp
  • Informal
4 5.0

A person or group that approves decisions without real thought

tramp stamp
  • Offensive
2 8.6

A tattoo on the lower back that many people find suggestive

A hobby in which people keep and study postage stamps and related items

1 3.5

A hand tool with a rubber surface that makes a mark when pressed on an ink pad

A person who collects stamps as a hobby or to study them

1 7.8

A law that puts a paid official stamp on newspapers and legal papers in the American colonies which causes protests

trading stamp
  • Archaic
1 5.4

A small paper token shops give customers to collect and exchange for goods

1 4.8

A tax you pay on certain legal papers, for example when buying a house

1 7.2

A payment you make by buying an official stamp and putting it on certain documents

revenue stamp
  • Archaic
5.6

A small piece of sticky paper that shows a government tax is paid

A book with pages for keeping and showing postage stamps

stamp battery
  • Archaic
9.9

A machine with heavy metal weights that fall to crush rock to get gold

A person or shop that buys and sells stamps for collectors

stamp mill
  • Archaic
9.3

A machine that crushes rock to get metal from it

2.5

A small pad soaked with ink that you press a rubber block on to mark paper

A small old paper used to pay for sending letters and often kept by collectors

How Decorative

engraving
25 4.1
stemple
  • UK
9.9
stamp
36 1.5

Surface Forms

stamp singular
stamps plural

Etymology

Stamp for a tool comes from the same old word for 'to press' or 'to pound', because a stamp is a tool you press or hit to make a clear shape or design on a surface.