bookmark

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A saved link to a website that lets you return to it quickly.

   I added the recipe page to my bookmarks.

2. 2
   noun

   A strip of paper or other material used to mark your place in a book.

   He placed a bookmark on page 234 and closed the book.

3. 3
   verb

   To save a link to a website so you can find it again easily.

   I bookmarked the article to read later.

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”).

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