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.

postcard

/ ˈpəʊstˌkɑːd /

noun

1. Also called (US): postal card. a card, often bearing a photograph, picture, etc, on one side, ( picture postcard ), for sending a message by post without an envelope

Word History and Origins

Origin of postcard¹

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

Example Sentences

But the movie stays in that postcard allure, never quite edging its earnest expressions of desire and anxiety into anything more stakes-driven or detailed, the way a love letter might rattle and console simultaneously.

From Los Angeles Times

For the final leg of my journey I went to the western Swedish city of Karlstad, a picture postcard place on the banks of the River Klarälven, the longest waterway in Scandinavia.

From BBC

After sending me postcards and having late-night phone calls for over a year, she made it clear: She wasn’t returning, and our careers were “going in different directions.”

From Los Angeles Times

Tibetan and Uyghur flags had also been removed, as well as a novel about a Tibetan family in exile and a postcard about China, Israel and Xinjiang.

From BBC

Would they still chuckle if they saw the century-old postcards circulated by people who “just didn’t know any better”? My cynical side says: Yeah, probably.

From Los Angeles Times

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