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POSTCARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does postcard mean?
• POSTCARD (noun)
The noun POSTCARD has 1 sense:
1. a card for sending messages by post without an envelope
Familiarity information: POSTCARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A card for sending messages by post without an envelope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
mailing-card; post card; postal card; postcard
Hypernyms ("postcard" is a kind of...):
card (a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "postcard"):
lettercard (a postcard that folds so the message is inside)
picture postcard (a postcard with a picture on one side)
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