icon

IPA: ˈaɪkɑn

An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
(religion, especially Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.
(by extension) A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
(graphical user interface) A small picture that represents something.
(Internet, informal) An image used to represent a user; an avatar or profile picture.
(linguistics, semiotics) A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons.
Acronym of index currency option note, a type of financial instrument.

Examples of "icon" in Sentences

The two are icons of Catalan positivism.
Click on the icon to activate the feature.
Spangle is a famous fashion icon nowadays.
Select the move icon at the top of the page.
The Church is an icon of the heavenly Jerusalem.
Iconoclasm is the destruction of religious icons.
The flag icon also seemd to cramp the image a little.
The icon used for the festival is that of a Mackerel.
Billy, the puppet, is an icon of the Jigsaw character.
I suggest replacing the picture of the musk ox with something more iconic.
I thought you should know. your blog no longer loads the title icon or sidebar in Safari 1.0.3 on my Mac running OS X 10.2.8.
Tonight while listening to many showing their respect for this premier journalist; I heard the term icon and he was more than an icon.
Medium (125%) and found that now half the Ribbon panels do not display the commands, just the title icon, no matter how wide I make the Ribbon (I have it docked vertically on the left).
I set the Windows 'make text larger/smaller' zoom to Medium (125%) and found that now half the Ribbon panels do not display the commands, just the title icon, no matter how wide I make the Ribbon (I have it docked vertically on the left).