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

I would read her texts and reply from Barnsdall, with a book recommendation of hers in tow, the note card of painted berries as its bookmark, or from the beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 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

“She could have found it at work and used it as a bookmark or something.”

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

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

She offered an array of tinted vinyl variants and CDs, some in “deluxe” versions advertised with autographs or on-brand trinkets like engraved bookmarks that went for as much as $50 apiece.

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 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

Jam flipped some of the books open to the pages where she’d tucked the glittered bookmarks Redemption gave her on her last birthday.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi