Symbol - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
Extra examples
...the traditional physician's symbol of a staff entwined with a snake...
...the symbol ¶ indicates where a new paragraph should begin...
The symbol on the packet is a guarantee that the food has been produced organically.
The dove is a symbol of peace.
Fe is the chemical symbol for iron.
Space exploration provides a symbol of national pride.
C is a symbol for carbon
The number sign is the conventional symbol for labeling something measured in pounds.
...a 1950s sex symbol who was famous for swinging her caboose as she walked...
...a symbol of the decadence of their once-mighty civilization...
... to insist on its being either symbol or fact is to dwell needlessly on a false dichotomy.
...the unlikely marriage between a literary egghead and a Hollywood sex symbol...
...a movie star who is remembered mainly as a pneumatic sex symbol of the 1950s...
...the image of a mother suckling her babe is a standard artistic symbol of maternal love and nurturing...
To them, the monarchy is the special symbol of nationhood.
Word forms
singular: symbol
plural: symbols
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