icon
Pluralicons
- 1A small picture on a screen that you tap or click to open a program or file.
Like a little button with a picture that tells you what it does.
Tap the blue icon to open your messages.
I dragged the icon into the trash folder.
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- 2A famous person or thing seen as the best example of something, like a job or a sport.
Like the best player everyone names first when talking about a sport.
She is an icon of women's tennis.
The old red car became an icon for the whole town.
Similarexample, model, epitome, embodiment, symbol
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- 3A holy picture or image that people honor or pray to.
They lit candles before the icon in the church.
An icon of the Virgin Mary hung above the door.
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- 4A religious painting of a saint or a Bible scene, often made on wood.
The monk painted an icon of Saint George.
Each icon was made on a smooth wooden panel.
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- 5A small picture that stands for you online, like a profile photo.
Like a small photo that shows people which messages are yours.
She changed her icon to a photo of her dog.
I clicked his icon to see his profile.
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- 6A sign or word that looks or sounds like the thing it stands for.
Like a drawing of a cat that looks just like a real cat.
The word "buzz" is an icon because it sounds like the noise it names.
A map symbol shaped like a tree is an icon of the forest it marks.
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Origin
From Latin "icon," which came from Ancient Greek "eikon," meaning a likeness or image.