bookmark
[ boo k-mahrk ]
/ ˈbʊkˌmɑrk /
noun
a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
a bookplate.
Digital Technology.
- Also called favorite. a link to a website address saved electronically in a browser to facilitate quick access to the web page.
- an electronic pointer created in a computer file to facilitate quick access to a specific part of the text.
verb (used with object)
Digital Technology.
to create a bookmark for: I bookmarked ten of my favorite blogs.
Words nearby bookmark
Example sentences from the Web for bookmarks
On bookmarks and voter-instruction sheets, Spanish-speaking voters were told Election Day was Nov. 8—instead of Nov. 6.
Latinos, Progressives Suspicious About How Arizona Conducted Election |Terry Greene Sterling |November 21, 2012 |DAILY BEASTThe previous two London Olympics—1908 and 1948—are bookmarks in the rise and fall of the British Empire.
Many important deliberations take place about mats, pin-cushions, and bookmarks.
British Dictionary definitions for bookmarks
bookmark
/ (ˈbʊkˌmɑːk) /
noun
Also called: bookmarker
a strip or band of some material, such as leather or ribbon, put between the pages of a book to mark a place
computing
- an address for a website stored on a computer so that the user can easily return to the site
- an identifier placed in a document so that part of the document can be accessed easily
verb
(tr) computing
- to identify and store (a website) so that one can return to it easily
- to place a bookmark in (a document)