stamp

A small piece of paper you put on a letter or parcel to show you paid to send it.

• Put a stamp on the envelope.
• I bought six stamps at the post office.
• Does this parcel need another stamp?

Similar words: postage stamp

Common phrases: postage stamp, buy a stamp, stamp collection

A mark made by pressing a tool onto a surface, often with ink.

• My passport has a new stamp.
• The red stamp shows that the bill was paid.
• We checked the date stamps on the forms.

Similar words: imprint, mark, impression

Common phrases: passport stamp, date stamp, stamp on something

A small tool you press onto a surface to leave a design, word, or mark.

• Dip the stamp in the ink.
• She bought a rubber stamp shaped like a flower.
• These stamps make lovely patterns on wrapping paper.

Common phrases: rubber stamp, wooden stamp, stamp pad

An official sign pressed into a document so that its shape can be seen or felt.

• The certificate bears a raised stamp.
• Feel the official stamp at the bottom of the document.
• The clerk checked the embossed stamps on both deeds.

Similar words: seal, impression

Common phrases: embossed stamp, official stamp, stamp on something

To hit the ground hard with your foot, often because you are angry.

• She stamped her foot in anger.
• He stamps his heel whenever he gets impatient.
• Why did you stamp your foot so loudly?

How to use it: stamp one's foot (The boy stamped his foot when he heard the answer.)

Similar words: stomp

Common phrases: stamp your foot, stamp in anger, stamp on something, stamp your feet

To put a small paid postage label on a letter or parcel before sending it.

• Please stamp this envelope.
• She stamped the letters before taking them to the post office.
• Have you stamped all the parcels?

Common phrases: stamp an envelope, stamp a letter, stamp the mail

To walk or step with quick, heavy movements that hit the ground loudly.

• He stamped up the stairs.
• The angry child stamped around the room.
• She stamped out of the office without saying goodbye.

How to use it: stamp into/out of somewhere (He stamped out of the kitchen after their argument.)

Similar words: stomp, tramp

Opposites: tiptoe

Common phrases: stamp up stairs, stamp into something, stamp around