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bookmark

bookmark

13 1.2
A thin piece of paper or ribbon placed between the pages of a book to mark where you stopped
  • noun
  • /ˈbʊkˌmɑrk/
translation icon : 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

bookmarker
vsbookmark
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
dog-ear
vsbookmark
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

How Durable

bookmark
13 1.2
piece of paper
180 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.