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1. A small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paid
   - postage, postage stamp
    
2. 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]
    
3. A type or class
   "more men of his stamp are needed"
    
4. A symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
   "he put his stamp on the envelope";
   - impression
    
5. Something that can be used as an official medium of payment
   - tender, legal tender
    
6. A small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid
   - revenue stamp
    
7. Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
   - pestle
    
8. A block or die used to imprint a mark or design
    
9. A device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
   - seal

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

Derived forms: stamps, stamping, stamped

Type of: affix, assort, category, characterise [Brit], characterize, class, classify, crush, device, die, extinguish, family, forge, form, impress, imprint, item, machine, mash, medium of exchange, mold [N. Amer], monetary system, 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

Encyclopedia: Stamp, Robert