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postcard

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noun

post·​card ˈpōs(t)-ˌkärd How to pronounce postcard (audio)
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: a card on which a message may be written for mailing without an envelope and to which the sender must affix a stamp
postcardlike adjective

postcard

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adjective

: picturesque, picture-postcard
a postcard village

Example Sentences

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Noun
On initial viewing of surfboards and floppy sun hats, the collection is a postcard remembrance of the transition from the summer months. Jailynn Taylor, Essence, 15 Sep. 2022 La Rioja, in northern Spain, concentrates diversity in a small area, from snowy postcard landscapes to stretches of vineyards, natural caves, large waterfalls and historical monuments. Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 10 Sep. 2022 Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit were on the screen introducing a clash of two powers -- Alabama and Texas -- in the postcard setting of the Rose Bowl. Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al, 8 Sep. 2022 The source of the Thames, the river seen in so many postcard images of London, has also dried up, experts said. Patrick Smith, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2022 The estate also offers postcard-like views of the Hudson River. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2022 The entire walk takes around three weeks, passing over wild moorland east of Manchester and through the picture postcard Yorkshire Dales, before crossing the ancient border of Hadrian's Wall and on toward Scotland. Joe Minihane, CNN, 25 July 2022 Ask for a room with a view of the postcard promenade and pop into the kitschy chic Cafe Pupp for their famous chocolate cake with apricot caviar. Mosha Lundström Halbert, Vogue, 21 July 2022 But beneath the surface of these postcard vistas, decades of a slow-burning anger in the city found its ignition on Conway and Light streets. Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2022
Adjective
The mixed-density project could be a postcard picture of what economists and planners say is needed to combat the nation’s housing shortage and sprawl. New York Times, 20 Feb. 2022 For a long time, everything still looks postcard-pretty. Darren Franich, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1924, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of postcard was in 1869

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