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  1. Noun.  An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
  2. Noun.  A religious painting, often done on wooden panels.
  3. Noun.  A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
  4. Noun.  A small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.).
  5. Noun.  (linguistics) : A type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also symbol and index.
  6. Noun.  Pictual representations of files, programs and folders on a computer.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.