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a device incised to make an impression
used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
Synonym: seal
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a block or die used to imprint a mark or design
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machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
Synonym: pestle
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a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid
Synonym: postage postage stamp
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a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
e.g. he put his stamp on the envelope
Synonym: impression
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a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid
Synonym: revenue stamp
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a type or class
e.g. more men of his stamp are needed
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something that can be used as an official medium of payment
Synonym: tender legal tender
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the distinctive form in which a thing is made
e.g. pottery of this cast was found throughout the region
Synonym: cast mold mould
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destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot
e.g. Stamp fascism into submission
e.g. stamp out tyranny
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treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
e.g. I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European
Synonym: pigeonhole stereotype
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to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something
e.g. a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps
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affix a stamp to
e.g. Are the letters properly stamped?
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raise in a relief
e.g. embossed stationery
Synonym: emboss boss
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crush or grind with a heavy instrument
e.g. stamp fruit extract the juice
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form or cut out with a mold, form, or die
e.g. stamp needles
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walk heavily
e.g. The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots
Synonym: stomp stump
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reveal clearly as having a certain character
e.g. His playing stamps him as a Romantic