stamp collection

/stæmp kəˌlɛkʃən/
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Other forms: stamp collections

Definitions of stamp collection
  1. noun
    a collection of stamps
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    type of:
    accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
    several things grouped together or considered as a whole
  2. noun
    the collection and study of postage stamps
    synonyms: philately, stamp collecting
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    types:
    aerophilately
    the collection and study of airmail stamps
    type of:
    aggregation, assembling, collecting, collection
    the act of gathering something together
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