noun
1. a collection of stamps
• Hypernyms: ↑collection, ↑aggregation, ↑accumulation, ↑assemblage
2. the collection and study of postage stamps
• Syn: ↑philately, ↑stamp collecting
• Derivationally related forms: ↑philatelist (for: ↑philately), ↑philatelic (for: ↑philately), ↑philatelical (for: ↑philately)
• Hypernyms: ↑collection, ↑collecting, ↑assembling, ↑aggregation
• Hyponyms: ↑aerophilately
Useful english dictionary. 2012.