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WATERMARK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("watermark" is a kind of...):
mark; marker; marking (a distinguishing symbol)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A line marking the level reached by a body of water
Synonyms:
water line; watermark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("watermark" is a kind of...):
line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "watermark"):
high-water mark (a line marking the highest level reached)
low-water mark (a line marking the lowest level reached)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb watermark
