Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of octothorpe.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A typographic symbol (#) having two vertical lines intersected by two horizontal lines. It is also called the
crosshatch ,hash ,numeral sign andnumber sign ; in the U. S. it is commonly called thepound sign , especially to designate the symbol as used on digital telephone dials, but this can be confusing to Europeans who think of the pound sign as the symbol for the British pound. It is commonly used as a symbol for the word number.
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phrontistery - o
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oakum, oakus, oast, obambulate, obdormition, obduracy, obedible, obedientiary, obeism, obeliscolychny, obelize, obelus and 504 more...
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characters
asperand - @
tilde - ~
forward slash,virgule,solidus - /
pilcrow- ¶
obelus - ÷
tittle - A small diacritic mark, such as an accent, vowel mark, or dot over an i.
asperand, tittle, octothorp, octothorpe, hash mark, pound sign, number sign, ogonek, serif, ceriph, seriph
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netois, copyrighteous, slackademic, pathovar, octothorp, dictyotene, diakinesis, abomasum
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chained_bear Hee! Cool word. I had to look it up, and all the dictionaries asked me if I meant octothorpe. Nov 11, 2007