Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - picture postcard

(picture postcards) Note: The spelling 'picture-postcard' is also used for meaning 2. 1. 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. N-COUNT 2. You can use picture postcard to describe a place that is very attractive. ...picture-postcard Normandy villages. = picturesque ADJ: ADJ n