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watermark

/ˈwɔːtəmɑːk/

watermark noun: a translucent design impressed on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held to the light.

Noun

watermark (plural watermarks)

  1. A translucent design impressed on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held 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.
    Synonyms:
    waterline

Verb

watermark (third-person singular simple present watermarks, present participle watermarking, simple past and past participle watermarked)

  1. (transitive) To mark paper with a watermark.
  2. (transitive) To mark a datafile with a digital watermark.

watermark meaning in Kannada, Tagalog, Malay and Indonesian

watermark in Kannada

ಜಲಚಿಹ್ನೆ

watermark in Tagalog

translucent design impressed on paper
piligrana

watermark in Malay

translucent design impressed on paper
tera air

watermark in Indonesian

translucent design impressed on paper
cap kertas
More languagesFewer languages
watermark in Thai
ลายน้ำ laai-náam

Synonyms of watermark

Forms of watermark

Noun
pluralwatermarks
Verb
third-person singular presentwatermarks
present participlewatermarking
past participlewatermarked
pastwatermarked

Plural of watermark: watermarks

Origin of watermark

From water + mark.

Words formed from watermark

Questions about watermark

What does watermark mean?
Watermark means a translucent design impressed on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held to the light.
What is watermark in Kannada?
Watermark in Kannada is ಜಲಚಿಹ್ನೆ. See Watermark meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is watermark?
Watermark can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce watermark?
Watermark is pronounced /ˈwɔːtəmɑːk/.
What is the plural of watermark?
The plural of watermark is watermarks.

Words near watermark in the dictionary

  1. waterman
  2. waterman's knot
  3. waterman's knots
  4. Watermans
  5. watermanship
  6. watermark
  7. watermark disease
  8. watermarkable
  9. watermarked
  10. watermarking
  11. watermarks

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: watermark (page history and authors); watermark (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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