(~s)
1.
If you describe something or someone as an ~, you mean that they are important as a symbol of a particular thing.
Only Marilyn has proved as enduring a fashion ~.
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2.
An ~ is a picture of Christ, his mother, or a saint painted on a wooden panel.
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3.
An ~ is a picture on a computer screen representing a particular computer function. If you want to use it, you move the cursor onto the ~ using a mouse. (COMPUTING)
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