icon in American English · 1. a. an image; figure; representation. b. any of various stylized figures, as displayed on a microcomputer screen, representing ...
In today's modern context, an icon is an image on the computer screen that represents an application, a capability, or some other concept or specific entity ...
An icon is a symbol. It can be literal — like the little trashcan on your computer screen — or metaphorical — as in a singer so well known by ten-year-olds, ...