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symbols

 
Noun symbol has 2 senses
  1. symbol - an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
    --1 is a kind of
    signal, signaling, sign
    --1 has particulars:
     stock symbol; award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels; mark, stigma, brand, stain; token, item; type; numeral, number; symbolism; lingam; written symbol, printed symbol; dollar, dollar mark, dollar sign; monogram; stamp, impression; mantle; Crown; staff; icon; marker, marking, mark; identifier; variable
    Derived forms: verb symbolize1, verb symbolise2
  2. symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation - something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"
    --2 is a kind of representational process
    --2 has particulars:
     crossbones; death's head; oriflamme; white feather; emblem, allegory
    Derived forms: verb symbolize1, verb symbolise2
symbolization symbolize symbolized symbolizer symbolizes symbolizing symbologist symbololatry symbols symelling symentic symetrial symetric figure symetrical symetry symington symleism

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