Definitions for iconˈaɪ kɒn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
i•conˈaɪ kɒn(n.)
a picture, image, or other representation.
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.
Category: Religion
a sign or representation that stands for something by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it; symbol:
an icon of womanhood.
a person or thing that is revered or idolized:
a pop icon.
Category: Common Vocabulary
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.
Category: Computers
Origin of icon:
1565–75; < L < Gk eikṓn likeness, image, figure
i•co•nic•i•tyˌaɪ kəˈnɪs ɪ ti(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
icon(noun)
(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
picture, image, icon, ikon(noun)
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"
icon, ikon(noun)
a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
icon(noun)ˈaɪ kɒn
a picture on a computer that you click on to open a program
Click on this icon to open a new document.
iconˈaɪ kɒn
a well-known person or thing that represents an idea or concept
the legendary fashion icon
Wiktionary
icon(Noun)
An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
icon(Noun)
A religious painting, often done on wooden panels.
icon(Noun)
A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
That man is an icon in the business; he personifies loyalty and good business sense.
icon(Noun)
A small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.)
icon(Noun)
: A type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also symbol and index.
icon(Noun)
Pictual representations of files, programs and folders on a computer.
Origin: From icon, from (eikōn) "likeness, image, portrait". Eastern Orthodox Church sense is attested from 1833. Computing sense first recorded in 1982.
Webster Dictionary
Icon(noun)
an image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait
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