POSTCARD


Meaning of POSTCARD in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: post (IV) + card

: a card for bearing a message through the mail without an envelope:

a.

(1) : a card to which an adhesive stamp must be affixed

(2) : such a card having a decoration (as a picture) on one side

b. : a card bearing a government-imprinted stamp or official reply-paid indicia

II. transitive verb

1. : to relate by postcard

postcards that all is well

2. : to communicate with by postcard

postcard us today

III. adjective

Etymology: postcard , noun

: suitable for or suggestive of a picture postcard : picturesque

a postcard village

a postcard view

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.