Dog-ear (Noun)
Meaning
A corner of a page turned down to mark your place.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The reader created a dog-ear on the page where her favorite quote was located.
- You could always tell where someone's bookmark had slipped because of the distinctive dog-ear.
- Instead of using a bookmark, she simply bent down a dog-ear at the top corner.
- A neat line of dog-ears marked successive chapters the student needed to study again.
- The book was well-loved, judging by its numerous dog-ears marking insightful passages.