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icon noun

[countable] noun
/ˈaɪkɒn/
1

a small picture on a computer screen that you choose by pressing a button with the mouse in order to open a particular program

Example

Open the document you want to print and click on the printer icon.

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2

someone who is very famous and who people think represents a particular idea

Example

one of the best-known pop icons of the 1980s

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3

a picture or model of a holy person that is used in religious worship in the Russian or Greek Orthodox Church

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