icon

[I·con]

An icon is a symbol. It can be literal –like the little trashcan on your computer screen –or metaphorical––as in a singer so well known by ten year olds, he's called a pre teen pop icon.

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An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.

Noun
a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church

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"

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


n.
An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.


Icon

I"con , n. [L., fr. Gr. .] An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
Netherlands whose names and icons are published.

An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.

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Usage Examples

My beauty icon is Angelina Jolie.

This is so cliche, but my beauty icon would have to be Angelina Jolie. She looks like she wears natural makeup, but she's still beautiful.

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Other Usage Examples

'Days' has always been strong as an icon in TV history, and it's still going on strong and represents the genre of daytime drama so well. I'm proud to be a part of it.

Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation.

I don't really have a style icon but I really admire the way people dress like Gaga, Rihanna and Gwen Stefani. It's good to be inspired by singers who write music and dress incredibly - rather than models and people in the fashion industry who dress immaculately anyway because it's their style.

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