bookmark

From Middle English *boke-merk, *boke-merke (attested only in the bare form merk (“bookmark”)), equivalent to book +‎ mark. Cognate with Danish bogmærke (“bookmark”), Swedish bokmärke (“bookmark”), Norwegian bokmerke (“bookmark”), Icelandic bókamerki (“bookmark”). Eclipsed non-native Old English æstel (“bookmark”), from Old Irish astal, from Latin hastula (“little spear, splint”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊk.mɑː(ɹ)k/

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bookmark (plural bookmarks)

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

   Synonym: bookmarker

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

   Synonym: favourites

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

bookmark (third-person singular simple present bookmarks, present participle bookmarking, simple past and past participle bookmarked)

1. (computing, transitive) To create a bookmark.

• unbookmarked