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 Definitions of icon  [ˈaɪ kɒn]  

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Definition of 'icon' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) icon
a picture, image, or other representation.

2.  icon
an image of Christ, a saint, etc., usu. painted on a wooden panel or done in mosaics and venerated as sacred in the Eastern Church.

3.  icon
a sign or representation that stands for something by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it; symbol:
an icon of womanhood.

4.  icon
a person or thing that is revered or idolized:
a pop icon.

5.  icon
a small graphic image on a computer screen representing a disk drive, a file, or a software command, as a wastebasket that can be used to delete a file.

Etymology:  (1565–75; < L < Gk eikṒn likeness, image, figure)

Definition of 'icon' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) icon
(computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface

2. (noun) picture, image, icon, ikon
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
"they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"

3. (noun) icon, ikon
a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church


Definition of 'icon' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) icon
a picture on a computer that you click on to open a program
Click on this icon to open a new document.

2.  icon
a well-known person or thing that represents an idea or concept
the legendary fashion icon


Definition of 'icon' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) icon
an image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait



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