philately (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *philately*:
NOUN	act	philately, stamp collecting, stamp collection	the collection and study of postage stamps

philately > pronunciation
Sounds	fihlae'tahliy
Rhymes	ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy...

English > *philately*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The collection and study of postage stamps.
Synonyms	stamp collecting, stamp collection
Narrower	aerophilately	The collection and study of airmail stamps
Broader	collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation	The act of gathering something together
Spanish	colección de sellos, filatelia, filatelía
Catalan	col·lecció, filatèlia
Adjectives	philatelic, philatelical	of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists
Nouns	philatelist	a collector and student of postage stamps

HyperDic: philately