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marker
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun marker has 3 senses
- marker(n = noun.artifact) Array - some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something; "the buoys were markers for the channel" is a kind of artefact, artifact
- marker(n = noun.communication) mark, marking - a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" has particulars: earmark, brand, trademark, assay-mark, authentication, hallmark, postmark, watermark, broad arrow, milepost, milestone, peg, pin, pip, spot, label, cairn
- marker(n = noun.artifact) Array - a writing implement for making a mark; Array has particulars: highlighter
has particulars: bookmark, bookmarker, yard marker
Derived form verb mark2
is a kind of symbol
Derived form verb mark3
is a kind of writing implement
Derived forms verb mark5, verb mark2, verb mark11
OXFORD DICTIONARY
marker, n.
1 a stone, post, etc., used to mark a position, place reached, etc.
2 a person or thing that marks.
3 a felt-tipped pen with a broad tip.
4 a person who records a score, esp. in billiards.
5 a flare etc. used to direct a pilot to a target.
6 a bookmark.
7 US sl. a promissory note; an IOU.
1 a stone, post, etc., used to mark a position, place reached, etc.
2 a person or thing that marks.
3 a felt-tipped pen with a broad tip.
4 a person who records a score, esp. in billiards.
5 a flare etc. used to direct a pilot to a target.
6 a bookmark.
7 US sl. a promissory note; an IOU.
THESAURUS
marker
accountant, amanuensis, arch, archivist, barrow, beacon, beam, bench mark, bookkeeper, bookmark, boundary stone, brass, bust, cairn, catstone, cenotaph, clerk, column, cromlech, cross, cup, cyclolith, documentalist, dolmen, engraver, fan marker, filing clerk, flare path, footstone, grave, gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, inscription, landmark, librarian, lighthouse, lightship, mark, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, milepost, milestone, monolith, monument, mound, necrology, notary, notary public, obelisk, obituary, pharos, pillar, plaque, platform, prize, prothonotary, pylon, pyramid, racon, radar beacon, radio beacon, record clerk, recorder, recordist, register, registrar, reliquary, remembrance, ribbon, rostral column, scorekeeper, scorer, scribe, scrivener, seamark, secretary, shaft, shrine, stela, stenographer, stone, stonecutter, stupa, tablet, testimonial, timekeeper, tomb, tombstone, tope, tower, trophy, watchtower, wind cone, wind indicator, wind sock
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