Meaning

5 senses
  1. A translucent design impressed on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held to the light.

    Wasserzeichen

    водяно́й знакvodjanój znak

    водяни́й знакvodjanýj znak

    a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light

  2. (broadly)A logo superimposed on a digital image, a television broadcast, etc.

  3. A value stored in a datafile to ensure its integrity, so that if the file's contents are changed then the watermark will no longer match the contents.

  4. A default hint caption displayed in a text box prior to the user inputting any text.

  5. A mark indicating the level to which water has risen.

    a line marking the level reached by a body of water

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The company hopes to make these watermarks difficult to remove.

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  2. The watermark wasn't visible.

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  3. All her photos have watermarks.

    deAlle ihre Fotos haben Wasserzeichen.

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  4. The documents are saved as read-only PDFs with a watermark including the dates and times of receipt (timestamping by the court).

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
translucent design impressed on paper:
Русский
By meaning 1
translucent design impressed on paper:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
translucent design impressed on paper:

Origin

From water + mark.

From water + mark.

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Forms

plural: watermarks
Singularwatermark
Pluralwatermarks

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a line marking the level reached by a body of water:water line

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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