bookmark

American  

[book-mahrk] / ˈbʊkˌmɑrk /

noun

1. a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.

2. a bookplate.

3. Digital Technology.

   1. Also called favorite.  a link to a website address saved electronically in a browser to facilitate quick access to the web page.

   2. an electronic pointer created in a computer file to facilitate quick access to a specific part of the text.

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verb (used with object)

1. Digital Technology. to create a bookmark for.

   I bookmarked ten of my favorite blogs.

bookmark British  

/ ˈbʊkˌmɑːk /

noun

1. Also called: bookmarker.  a strip or band of some material, such as leather or ribbon, put between the pages of a book to mark a place

2. computing

   1. an address for a website stored on a computer so that the user can easily return to the site

   2. an identifier placed in a document so that part of the document can be accessed easily

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verb

1. (tr) computing

   1. to identify and store (a website) so that one can return to it easily

   2. to place a bookmark in (a document)

Etymology

Origin of bookmark

First recorded in 1860–65; book + mark ¹

Example Sentences

I could throw on my Discover Weekly or a Daily Mix and find enough songs to fuel my creativity and bookmark a few to later explore the artist’s discography.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

In AP literature and composition class — I bought sticky tabs and used a pen as a bookmark so I could annotate as I was reading.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Supporters can numb their pain, at least until they wake up on Sunday morning and find a ticket for the third day of the first Ashes Test is now nothing more than an expensive bookmark.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

And so they would like something, thinking this is just for me to bookmark, maybe come back to later.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2024

Hastily, she removed the black bookmark from the pages where it lay.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke