watermark
[waw-ter-mahrk, wot-er-]
- a mark indicating the height to which water rises or has risen, as in a river or inlet.
- water line(def 5).
- a figure or design impressed in some paper during manufacture, visible when the paper is held to the light.
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- to mark (paper) with a watermark.
- to impress (a design, pattern, etc.), as a watermark.
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Origin of watermark
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Examples from the Web for watermark
Contemporary Examples
Do they really need to post this video, which TMZ proudly put their watermark over so that everyone knows where it came from?
Or Wintour, who has another agenda entirely for promoting rail-thinness as the watermark for beauty?
Historical Examples
A white silk handkerchief, with a watermark, was chosen instead.
The ManxmanHall Caine
They held the envelope up to the light in order to discover a watermark.
The Island MysteryGeorge A. Birmingham
The paper is white wove and has no watermark, and the stamps were not perforated.
GambiaFrederick John Melville
It was the doubt I entertained of the faithfulness of this watermark.
The Boy TarMayne Reid
The detection of this watermark fraud is simple and infallible.
The Detection of ForgeryDouglas Blackburn
watermark
- a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture, visible when the paper is held up to the light
- another word for water line (def. 1), water line (def. 2)
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- to mark (paper) with a watermark
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Word Origin and History for watermark
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