postage-stamp

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adjective

post·age-stamp ˈpō-stij-ˌstamp

: suggesting a postage stamp in size : very small

postage-stamp yards

postage stamp

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noun

: a government adhesive stamp or imprinted stamp for use on mail as evidence of prepayment of postage

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Adjective

At 5-foot-6, the 34-year-old is the postage-stamp sized poster child for little guys. —

Chuck Murr, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 This postage-stamp isle, with its scenic coastal routes and quaint fishing villages, is best known as the dreamy setting of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables series. —

Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024

Noun

It will be decorated with 100 bespoke birdhouses, all with a playful Smith twist, including roofs decorated in playing cards, postage stamps and dice. —

Samantha Conti, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024 Paolini scrambled back after a postage stamp lob and lifted another short, awkward ball into the court that came down from a great height. —

Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 11 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for postage-stamp