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number sign

American  

noun

  1. a symbol (#) for “number” or “numbered”.

    item #8 on the list.


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Then symbols, explanation points, the number sign and asterisks.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2022

John sure did get tired of people pronouncing his name with a hashtag instead of a number sign.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2015

Service holds are indicated by a double line, and service breaks are an askew number sign.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2014

Remove the number sign from the front of “woah” and the result is more like 50 tweets a minute.

From Slate • Dec. 30, 2013

This character also has the significance of 20 as a number sign in the calendar.

From Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1 by Parker, Alberta M.

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