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

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).