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DOG-EAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dog-ear mean?
• DOG-EAR (noun)
The noun DOG-EAR has 1 sense:
1. a corner of a page turned down to mark your place
Familiarity information: DOG-EAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A corner of a page turned down to mark your place
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dog-ear" is a kind of...):
sign; signal; signaling (any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message)
Holonyms ("dog-ear" is a part of...):
page (one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains)
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