bullet point

British

noun

any of a number of items printed in a list, each after a centred dot, usually the most important points in a longer piece of text

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Carell: The bullet point was the father-daughter relationship.

From Los Angeles Times

Before he received the script, Glaser had already begun his search, based just on the bullet point notes that the movie's production designer gave him.

From Barron's

That first bullet point had said behind the curtain.

From Literature

“Bullet point number three,” Elliot said.

From Literature

That bullet point about the window had sealed that for me.

From Literature

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023