1. A small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paid
   "She carefully affixed the postage stamp to the corner of the envelope";
   - postage, postage stamp
    
2. A symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
   "he put his stamp on the envelope";
   - impression
    
3. A device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
   "The notary applied her official stamp to the contract";
   - seal
    
4. A block or die used to imprint a mark or design
   "The craftsman used an intricate stamp to emboss the leather"
    
5. A small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid
   "The legal document required a revenue stamp to be valid";
   - revenue stamp
    
6. The distinctive form in which a thing is made
   "pottery of this stamp was found throughout the region";
   - cast, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn]
    
7. A type or class
   "more men of his stamp are needed"
    
8. Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
   "The stamp mill crushed the ore into fine particles";
   - pestle

1. To mark, or produce an imprint in or on something
   "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps"
    
2. Mark, mould or decorate a surface with a raised design or symbol
   "stamped stationery";
   - emboss, boss
    
3. Affix a stamp to
   "Are the letters properly stamped?"
    
4. Form or cut out with a mould, form, or die
   "stamp needles"
    
5. Reveal clearly as having a certain character
   "His playing stamps him as a Romantic"
    
6. Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
   "I was stamped as a lazy Southern European";
   - pigeonhole, stereotype
    
7. Crush or grind with a heavy instrument
   "stamp fruit to extract the juice"
    
8. Walk noisily, heavily or angrily
   "The men stamped through the snow in their heavy boots";
   - stomp, stump, tromp [N. Amer, informal]
    
9. Destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot
   "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny"

Derived forms: stamped, stamps, stamping

Type of: affix, assort, category, characterise [Brit], characterize, class, classify, crush, device, die, extinguish, family, forge, form, impress, imprint, item, machine, mash, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], piece of paper, qualify, separate, shape, sheet, sheet of paper, snuff out [informal], solid, sort, sort out, squash, squeeze, squelch, squidge [informal], squish [informal], stick on, symbol, token, walk, work

Part of: battery, stamp battery

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