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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]
colophon a publisher's emblem or trademark, which appears usu. on the title page of a book.
column one of two or more vertical sections of a page or chart separated by lines or by white space. [1/5 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 foot of a page or the end of a chapter that provides a comment or reference on the above or foregoing text. [1/4 definitions]
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 a word printed at the top of the page in a reference book, usu. to indicate the first or last entry on that page; catchword.
home page the main page of a Web site, often having a table of contents and links to other parts of the Web site.
hornbook formerly, a child's primer for reading or math, consisting of a page of material covered by a transparent sheet of horn and framed. [1/2 definitions]
hyperlink text or an image on any web page that, when clicked on, causes another web page or another point on the same page to be displayed on the computer screen.
ibid. abbreviation of "ibidem" (Latin); in the same place; in the same book, page, or the like.