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postcard

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post card also post·card (pstkärd)
n.
1. A commercially printed card with space on one side for an address and a postage stamp, used for sending a short message through the mail.
2. See postal card.

postcard [ˈpəʊstˌkɑːd]
n
a card, often bearing a photograph, picture, etc., on one side, (picture postcard), for sending a message by post without an envelope Also called (US) postal card
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.postcardpostcard - a card for sending messages by post without an envelope
card - a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures); "they sent us a card from Miami"
lettercard - a postcard that folds so the message is inside
picture postcard - a postcard with a picture on one side
Translations
postcard [ˈpəʊstkɑːd] N(tarjeta f) postal f

postcard [ˈpəʊstkɑːrd] ncarte postale

postcard [ˈpəʊstˌkɑːd] ncartolina (postale)
postcard [ˈpəʊstˌkɑːd] ncartolina (postale)

postcard بطاقة بريدية pohlednice postkort Postkarte καρτ ποστάλ postal postikortti carte postale razglednica cartolina 郵便はがき 우편엽서 briefkaart postkort pocztówka cartão postal почтовая открытка vykort โปสการ์ด kartpostal bưu thiếp 明信片


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As they came south, Helen retreated over the Brenner, and wrote an unsatisfactory postcard from the shores of the Lake of Garda, saying that her plans were uncertain and had better be ignored.
Mildred sent him a postcard to announce her safe arrival, and he snatched half an hour every day to write a long letter to her.
It was this figure that her husband saw when, having reached the polished Sphinx, having entangled himself with a man selling picture postcards, he turned; the stanza instantly stopped.
 
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