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bookmark

bookmark

16 1.2
A thin piece of paper or ribbon placed between the pages of a book to mark where you stopped
  • noun
  • /ˈbʊkˌmɑrk/
: marcapáginas
  • I always use a bookmark to keep my place in my favorite novels.
  • buy bookmarks
  • printed bookmarks
  • provided a bookmark

I put down this bookmark right there and I just never continued.

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Examples

  • All students were provided a bookmark that described a basic decoding strategy already being taught in the school curriculum.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Excuse me, do you happen to have a bookmark?

  • I put down this bookmark right there and I just never continued.

  • But he used it as a bookmark.

  • Students were instructed to refer to the bookmark if they struggled to read a word.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Though I own many beautiful bookmarks, they are never there when I need them.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • I use it as a bookmark when I'm reading for school, or when I'm looking through magazines.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • I found a bookmark in this book from the Sisterhood bookstore in Los Angeles.

    Academic text (2012)
  • She's using one for a bookmark in a copy of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.

  • Many authors employ publicists who generate fancy bookmarks with series information and annual lists of forthcoming titles.

    Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

dog-ear
vsbookmark
1 7.1

A corner of a book page folded down to mark where you stopped reading

uses a separate material inserted between pages rather than folding a corner
bookmarker
vsbookmark
1 2.4

An object you put between pages to mark where you left off

is the general small material placed to mark a reader's place

How Durable

bookmark
16 1.2
piece of paper
208 1.0

Surface Forms

bookmark singular
bookmarks plural

Morphology

bookmark = book + mark (transparent) = book + mark

The physical object is a straightforward compound of 'book' + 'mark' whose meaning is directly derivable from its parts.

Etymology

Bookmark is simply the words book + mark, meaning a 'mark' put in a book to show your place. So a bookmark is the small paper or ribbon you put between pages to help you return to where you stopped.