| asterisk |
a sign (*). It is used to show that there is other information on the page that explains the information where the sign is placed. |
| banner |
a newspaper headline, usu. stretching across the page. [1/6 definitions] |
| bellboy |
a man or boy employed by a hotel to carry luggage, food, or drink to the guest rooms, run errands, and page guests. |
| below |
appearing lower on the same page or on a following page. [1/6 definitions] |
| book review |
a publication, or page or section thereof, devoted to such reviews, esp. of newly published books. [1/2 definitions] |
| button |
a small, round symbol on a computer screen or electronically-active page that allows one to activate a program. [1/7 definitions] |
| calendar |
a page or set of pages that shows the days, weeks, and months of a year. [1/2 definitions] |
| colophon |
a publisher's emblem or trademark, which appears usu. on the title page of a book. |
| column |
a section of a page that goes down the page not across. [2/3 definitions] |
| concordance |
an alphabetical index of all the main words in a book or in the entire work of an author, listing the contexts in which each word occurs and giving page references for each occurrence. [1/2 definitions] |
| concrete poetry |
a form of poetry in which the arrangement of words and phrases on the printed page is intended to convey a visual as well as poetic image. |
| dog-ear |
a bent or folded corner of a page in a book. [2 definitions] |
| duodecimo |
the page size of a book that is five by seven and a half inches or one twelfth of a printer's sheet. [1/3 definitions] |
| folio |
in a book, a page number. [1/6 definitions] |
| footnote |
a note at the bottom of a page or the end of a chapter that explains a part of the main text. |
| frontispiece |
an illustration facing or preceding the title page of a book. |
| front-page |
important enough to print or report on the first page of a newspaper. |
| gatefold |
in a book or magazine, an oversize page folded to fit the format and so bound that it can be opened out for viewing. |
| guide word |
one or two words printed at the top of the page in a reference book to help the reader find the right page. In this dictionary, the guide words at the top of each page show what the first and last entries on that page are. |
| headline |
the title to a newspaper article that tells what the article is about. The headline for the most important news is in the largest type on the front page of the paper. [1/2 definitions] |
| home page |
the main page of a Web site. A home page often has a table of contents and links to other parts of the Web page. |