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PHILATELY

Dictionary entry overview: What does philately mean?

• PHILATELY (noun)
The noun PHILATELY has 1 sense:

1. the collection and study of postage stamps

Familiarity information: PHILATELY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PHILATELY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The collection and study of postage stamps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

philately; stamp collecting; stamp collection

Hypernyms ("philately" is a kind of...):

aggregation; assembling; collecting; collection (the act of gathering something together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "philately"):

aerophilately (the collection and study of airmail stamps)

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