bookmark
bookmark Lexical Profile
bookmark Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A saved digital link to a specific web page, allowing a user to easily return to it later.
"I organized my browser bookmarks into separate folders for work and personal projects."
A strip of leather, cardboard, or other material used to mark one's place in a book.
"She placed a tasseled bookmark between the pages before closing the novel for the night."
• verb
To save a digital link to a web page in a browser for future reference.
"Make sure to bookmark the syllabus page so you can find the reading assignments quickly."
To place a physical marker in a book to keep one's place.
"He bookmarked the page with a torn piece of a receipt before putting the textbook away."
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed as a compound of 'book' and 'mark', originating in the 1840s to describe a physical placeholder for reading. In the early 1990s, the term was adopted by web browser developers to describe a saved internet link.
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