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bookmark
Bookmark is defined as a piece of paper or other object used to mark a place in a book.
(noun)The long piece of printed cardstock that you get with your purchase at a bookstore is an example of a bookmark.
The definition of bookmark means a shortcut to a previously viewed website.
(noun)The option that you use to save a website in Internet Explorer is an example of a bookmark.
Bookmark means to save website addresses for easy access in the future.
(verb)A researcher saving Internet sites with source material in an example of to bookmark.
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See bookmark in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- anything slipped between the pages of a book to mark a place
- Comput. a digital pointer that a user can create for gaining easy access to a Web page, a portion of text in a file, etc.
transitive verb
Comput. to create a bookmark to (a Web page, portion of text, etc.)
See bookmark in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A strip of material, as of ribbon or leather, or a metal clamp, that is placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place.
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