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View synonyms for postcard

postcard

or post card

[ pohst-kahrd ]

noun

  1. Also called picture postcard. a small, commercially printed card, usually having a picture on one side and space for a short message on the other.


postcard

/ ˈpəʊstˌkɑːd /

noun

  1. 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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of postcard1

First recorded in 1865–70; post 3 + card 1

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Example Sentences

Send a postcard to PostSecret and your deepest thoughts could end up on a blog.

There was a retro print postcard of her face printed on every single product.

No, the difference between the postcard and the real thing is immeasurable.

The caption reads “I figured this would be a good postcard to send home.”

Now and then, a postcard would arrive with a curt message, typed on a manual typewriter.

Later, a good deal later, when the picture postcard was invented, Howell did rather well out of that too.

Vonnie made good her threat and two weeks after the quarrel Peter received a picture postcard of a giant redwood.

Occasionally he would send me a postcard between the letters.

When you are at home, please will you send me a postcard with a picture of London?

How glad I am that I can get a pretty postcard for each of the other girls!

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