Meaning

2 senses
  1. (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.

    The library had a rubber stamp to imprint the due date.

    Gummistempel, Stempel

    печа́тьpečátʹ, штампštamp, ште́мпельštɛ́mpelʹ

  2. (figuratively)A person or organization that approves, routinely or as a formality, matters decided by some other person or organization.

    During the Roman principate, the senate largely served as a rubber stamp for the emperor.

    Jasager

More definitions
  • routine authorization of an action without questions
  • a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
piece of rubber to make an imprint:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
piece of rubber to make an imprint:
person or body approving things without power to change them:

Forms

plural: rubber stamps

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand:handstamp

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