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Definition of Bookmark

1. Noun. A marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place.

Definition of Bookmark

1. n. Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.

Definition of Bookmark

1. Noun. A strip of material used to mark a place in a book. ¹

2. Noun. (computing) A record of the address of a file or Internet page serving as a shortcut to it. ¹

3. Noun. (databases) A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap ¹

4. Verb. (computing transitive) To create a bookmark. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bookmark

1. to create a shortcut to a previously viewed website [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bookmark

Literary usage of Bookmark

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Measuring Literacy: Performance Levels for Adults by Robert Mason Hauser (2005)
"We decided that the adjustment should keep the cut scores within the interquartile range of the bookmark cut scores (that is, the range encompassed by the ..."

2. Seat Work and Industrial Occupations: A Practical Course for Primary Grades by Mary Louise Gilman, Elizabeth Baillie Williams (1905)
"Exercise 4 TO MEASURE AND RULE A bookmark Give the children an oblong of colored paper 3 ... This bookmark can easily be varied as the children gain power. ..."

3. Altova Xmlspy 2005 User & Reference Manual by Altova (2005)
"14.2.15 Insert/Remove bookmark Ctrl+F2 The Insert/Remove bookmark command inserts a bookmark at the current cursor position, or removes the bookmark if the ..."

4. Fire Safety Education Resource Directory edited by Barry Leonard (1998)
"Cool a Burn: bookmark Colorful 3" x 6" bookmark with an educational ... Program element: bookmark Audience: Children Item number: A-105 Contact: Alisa Ann ..."

5. Supporting Struggling Readers and Writers: Strategies for Classroom by Dorothy S. Strickland, Kathy Ganske, Joanne K. Monroe (2002)
"The bookmark is merely a sheet of paper folded into quarters and is small ... Although teachers often modify the bookmark to provide enough space for their ..."

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