Definition of "icon"
- noun
An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
A religious painting, often done on wooden panels.
A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
A small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.).
A type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons.
Pictual representations of files, programs and folders on a computer.
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