bookmark

American  

[book-mahrk] / ˈbʊkˌmɑrk /

noun

• bookmarks
  plural

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)

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bookmarks
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bookmark

First recorded in 1860–65; book + mark ¹

Example Sentences

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bookmark bookmarks

Robert Sanfiz, the executive director, can bookmark his tenure with sporting achievements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

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

It will announce itself plainly: a recipe you bookmark without effort, a flavor you can’t stop thinking about, a night when cooking feels like curiosity instead of obligation.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 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

A torn strip of black fabric— from Edward Ashton’s cloak, perhaps?—was tucked inside as a bookmark.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

The following AI browsers are built with Chrome’s underlying technology, which means you can move all of the same extensions and bookmarks over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

Some people use likes as bookmarks, but Twitter added distinct bookmarks in 2018.

From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2024

Two nuggets from hours of testimony that show just how much Angela Van Den Bogerd's tenure bookmarks this scandal.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2024

My library tends to bristle with bookmarks: scraps of notepaper and receipts and old Christmas cards.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2024

A tray filled with magnetic poetry sat beside a rack of bookmarks.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman