picture postcard
English
Noun
picture postcard (plural picture postcards)
- A postcard bearing a picture.
- (when used attributively, figuratively) Scenic, like the image on a postcard.
- Synonym: picturesque
- It was a picture-postcard summer day.
Further reading
- “picture postcard” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “picture postcard” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- “picture postcard” (US) / “picture postcard” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “picture postcard” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
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