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.
2. postal card ( def 1 ).

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of postcard¹

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

Example Sentences

The union is responding to Prospect’s claims with a postcard that is being mailed this week to 4,000 state opinion-makers.

From ProPublica

They needed to pay for postcards letting people know they could vote absentee–or, in some states, to mail ballots to every voter.

From Time

As it turns out, while a Nobel Peace Prize nomination is a bit trickier than simply sending a guy in Norway a postcard with someone's name on it, it's not much trickier than that.

From Washington Post

For four days, we fished, ate and chilled in a postcard setting.

From Washington Post

Atlanta’s CBS affiliate, WSB-TV, reported that Raffensperger’s son passed away in 2018 but received postcards from the New Georgia Project encouraging him to register to vote.

From Essence.com

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Occasionally he would send me a postcard between the letters.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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