stempel — meaning in English

English meaning

• stamp noun A small piece of paper affixed to mail to show that postage has been paid.
• stigma noun A mark of shame or disgrace attached to a person, group, or condition.

Senses

stempel is used for these senses in English:

• rubber stamp (literally) A piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object.
• stigma (Christianity, chiefly, _, in the plural, _, stigmata) A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion on Jesus's body, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically.

stamp — full definition

1. noun A small piece of paper affixed to mail to show that postage has been paid.
2. noun A device, or the mark it leaves, used to imprint a design, date, or official approval.
3. verb To press the foot down heavily and quickly, once or repeatedly.
4. verb To mark something by pressing an inked design, seal, or pattern onto it.

stigma — full definition

1. noun A mark of shame or disgrace attached to a person, group, or condition.
2. noun In botany, the sticky tip of a flower's pistil that receives pollen.

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