Definitions
a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place
Word origin
From Middle English *boke-merk, *boke-merke (attested only in the bare form merk (“bookmark”)), equivalent to book + mark. Cognate with Danish bogmærke (“bookmark”), Swedish bokmärke (“bookmark”), Norwegian bokmerke (“bookmark”), Icelandic bókamerki (“bookmark”). Eclipsed non-native Old English æstel (“bookmark”), from Old Irish astal, from Latin hastula (“little spear, splint”).
Used in a sentence
“He placed a bookmark on page 234, which had an interesting footnote from the author.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Page saver”8 letters
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