"postmark" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-postmark.ogg [US] Forms: postmarks [plural]
Etymology: Compound of post + mark. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|post|mark}} post + mark Head templates: {{en-noun}} postmark (plural postmarks)
  1. A marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, mostly serving to cancel a postage stamp. Categories (topical): Philately Translations (marking made by a postal service on a letter): пощенски печат (poštenski pečat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), poststempel (Danish), poŝtmarko (Esperanto), postileima (Finnish), cachet de la poste [masculine] (French), Poststempel [masculine] (German), bollo postale [masculine] (Italian), annullo postale [masculine] (Italian), timbro postale [masculine] (Italian), pasta zīmogs (Latvian), مهر پست (Persian), carimbo [masculine] (Portuguese), почто́вый ште́мпель (počtóvyj štémpelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), matasellos [masculine] (Spanish), timbre [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-postmark-en-noun-MzWAqtR1 Disambiguation of Philately: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 7

Verb

Audio: en-us-postmark.ogg [US] Forms: postmarks [present, singular, third-person], postmarking [participle, present], postmarked [participle, past], postmarked [past]
Etymology: Compound of post + mark. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|post|mark}} post + mark Head templates: {{en-verb}} postmark (third-person singular simple present postmarks, present participle postmarking, simple past and past participle postmarked)
  1. To apply a postmark on. Translations (to apply a postmark on): afstemple (Danish), leimata (Finnish), stempeln (German), zīmogot (Latvian), штемпелева́ть (štempelevátʹ) (Russian), matasellar (Spanish), matar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-postmark-en-verb-jDyjr16i

Inflected forms

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