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postmark

/ˈpəʊstmɑːk/noun

उच्चारण पोस्ट्मार्क

डाक-मुहर

Core word

noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    an official mark stamped on a letter or parcel, showing the place and date it was posted, and cancelling the stamp

    डाक-मुहर

    • The letter had a Shimla postmark.
    • Entries must carry a postmark no later than 31 March.
    • The postmark showed that the letter had been sent a week earlier.
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    • Applications with a late postmark will not be accepted.
    • I could barely read the faded postmark on the envelope.
verb
  1. 1

    [T, usually passive]

    to stamp a letter or parcel with a postmark

    डाक-मुहर लगाना

    • The parcel was postmarked Chennai.
    • A clerk postmarked each letter before it was sorted.
    • Every letter is postmarked before it leaves the sorting office.
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    • The envelope was postmarked 12 June.
    • The card was postmarked in Jaipur.