- stamp
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 on a letter/packageADJECTIVE▪ postage (formal)▪ first-class, second-class (both in the UK)▪ 47p, 83-cent, etc.▪ Christmas, commemorative, special▪ food (AmE)▪
These families receive food stamps to purchase food.
▪food stamp benefits for legal immigrants
… OF STAMPS▪ book, set, sheet▪a book of ten stamps
VERB + STAMP▪ put, put on, stick, stick on▪Don't forget to put a stamp on.
▪She stuck a stamp on the letter.
▪ lick▪ issue▪The stamps were issued in 1863.
▪The Post Office has issued some new Christmas stamps.
▪ collect▪Do you collect stamps?
STAMP + NOUN▪ album, collecting, collection, collector2 instrument for stamping a design, etc. on a surfaceADJECTIVE▪ official▪ date, time▪The software uses digital time stamps.
▪ rubberPHRASES▪ stamp of approval (figurative)▪Congress has given its stamp of approval to the budget.
3 character/qualityADJECTIVE▪ personal, unmistakable▪ indelible (esp. AmE)▪President Reagan left an indelible stamp on the nation.
VERB + STAMP▪ bear, carry▪His work bears the unmistakable stamp of genius.
▪ leave on, put on▪She left her stamp on the school.
PREPOSITION▪ stamp of▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}the stamp of authority
verb1 put your foot downADVERB▪ hard▪ impatiently▪She stamped her foot impatiently.
▪ about, around, down, off▪He stamped off in disgust.
PREPOSITION▪ on▪She stamped on my toe!
2 print letters, etc. on sthADVERB▪ indelibly (usually figurative)▪His personality was indelibly stamped on the final product.
PREPOSITION▪ with▪Approved goods were stamped with a hallmark.
PHRASES▪ stamped all over sth (figurative)▪This is an album with ‘epic’ stamped all over it.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.