Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A printed card with space on one side for an address and a postage stamp, used for sending a short message through the mail.

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  • noun A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended to be written on and mailed without an envelope. In the case of a picture postcard one side carries a picture or photograph.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a card for sending messages by post without an envelope

Etymologies

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post +‎ card

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Examples

  • LOve the quilted ghost, and the bird brain postcard is priceless!

    Birdbrains & Triptychs katelnorth 2007

  • Of course, this postcard is a modern reproduction.

    Girls Go Postal! | Mexican Calendar Girls: “Flores” 2009

  • This postcard is a little thicker than average, in order to create the effect, so naturally the Postal Service did their best to destroy it.

    Girls Go Postal! | A Winking Girl 2009

  • And the postcard is the final one from the fastenings swap, this one from Kandy, who has cleverly used hooks and eyes in her design - really pretty, isn't it!

    All in a morning's work katelnorth 2008

  • Oh, and if you don’t know about the postcards then it goes like this: send me an email with the title postcard at my email at mpshiel at hotmail.com and you will get one and then MORE of these exceedingly cool cards.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • Oh, and if you don’t know about the postcards then it goes like this: send me an email with the title postcard at my email at mpshiel at hotmail.com and you will get one and then MORE of these exceedingly cool cards.

    I pursue taboo love, reasons to wear corsets and girls with knives Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • If you WANT a postcard, and you haven’t gotten one yet, this is the Something for Nothing deal: you email me at mpshiel at hotmail.com with the title postcard and your name and address and some interests if possible and orientation.....since I tend to assume everyone is gay...hope for the best right?

    Archive 2008-12-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • If you WANT a postcard, and you haven’t gotten one yet, this is the Something for Nothing deal: you email me at mpshiel at hotmail.com with the title postcard and your name and address and some interests if possible and orientation.....since I tend to assume everyone is gay...hope for the best right?

    Stamp Oasis: We have fun playing with postcards! Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • The next day Mrs Grasso, my fifth grade homeroom teacher, thought I was a superstar as I presented my postcard from the White House signed by Ford to my classmates in Show & Tell.

    O.K. Steve Martin rode a bike through Central Park today « Dating Jesus 2009

  • “The next day Mrs Grasso, my fifth grade homeroom teacher, thought I was a superstar as I presented my postcard from the White House signed by Ford to my classmates in Show & Tell.”

    O.K. Steve Martin rode a bike through Central Park today « Dating Jesus 2009

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