Words / A1

BUKM-ahk/ˈbʊkmɑːk/

A bookmark is a thin strip of paper, card, or ribbon that marks the page you have reached in a book. Countable: a bookmark, bookmarks. Write one word: bookmark. A book is the whole thing you read; a page is one sheet. Mix-up: book + mark as two school words (mark = a score); and bookmark on a computer (a saved website) — later, different picture.

Meaning

A thin strip of paper or card that marks your place in a book.

Examples

• “She put a bookmark in the book.”
• “Do not fold the page — use a bookmark.”
• “This bookmark has a picture of a cat.”

Good to know

a bookmark (one word, marks a page). Contrast: book (whole), page (one sheet). Mix-up: book + mark (score).

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