picture postcard
Word forms: plural picture postcardslanguage note: The spelling picture-postcard is also used for meaning [sense 2].
1. countable noun
A picture postcard is a postcard with a photograph of a place on it. People often buy picture postcards of places they visit when on holiday.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You can use picture postcard to describe a place that is very attractive.
...picture-postcard Normandy villages.
picture postcard in British English
(ˈpɪktʃə ˈpəʊstˌkɑːd)
noun
a card with a picture on the front, typically sent from a holiday
I promised to send them a picture postcard.
picture-postcard in British English
(ˈpɪktʃə ˈpəʊstˌkɑːd)
adjective
very picturesque
It was a narrow street of picture-postcard prettiness.
picture-postcard Normandy villages
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