"cropmark" meaning in English

See cropmark in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: cropmarks [plural], crop mark [alternative]
Etymology: From crop + mark. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|crop|mark}} crop + mark Head templates: {{en-noun}} cropmark (plural cropmarks)
  1. (archaeology) A sign of the former location of some feature (such as a wall or a ditch) revealed by variations in plant growth on the surface. Categories (topical): Archaeology
    Sense id: en-cropmark-en-noun--7LG9G39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
  2. (printing) Any of the marks placed at the corners of a form to indicate where the page is to be trimmed. Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-cropmark-en-noun-xPmdQtkx Topics: media, printing, publishing

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "crop",
        "3": "mark"
      },
      "expansion": "crop + mark",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From crop + mark.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cropmarks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crop mark",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cropmark (plural cropmarks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Archaeology",
          "orig": "en:Archaeology",
          "parents": [
            "Anthropology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Zoology",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Biology",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: crop circle"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              36,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2013, Ann Clark, Excavations at Mucking: Volume 1: The site atlas, English Heritage, →ISBN, page 23:",
          "text": "The earliest air photograph showing cropmarks at Mucking appears to be a high level vertical view of the area taken by a German aircraft of the Luftwaffe in 1943. This photograph, however, only shows a few small and indistinct marks.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sign of the former location of some feature (such as a wall or a ditch) revealed by variations in plant growth on the surface."
      ],
      "id": "en-cropmark-en-noun--7LG9G39",
      "links": [
        [
          "archaeology",
          "archaeology"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ],
        [
          "feature",
          "feature"
        ],
        [
          "variation",
          "variation"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "growth",
          "growth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaeology) A sign of the former location of some feature (such as a wall or a ditch) revealed by variations in plant growth on the surface."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "archaeology",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Printing",
          "orig": "en:Printing",
          "parents": [
            "Industries",
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              118,
              127
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1992, David A. Holzgang, The Adobe illustrator 3.2: designer's guide, Sybex Incorporated:",
          "text": "The new paths are automatically selected; if you want to remove the guides, press Delete. Set Cropmarks adds standard cropmarks to your artwork.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of the marks placed at the corners of a form to indicate where the page is to be trimmed."
      ],
      "id": "en-cropmark-en-noun-xPmdQtkx",
      "links": [
        [
          "printing",
          "printing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "corner",
          "corner"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "page",
          "page"
        ],
        [
          "trim",
          "trim"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(printing) Any of the marks placed at the corners of a form to indicate where the page is to be trimmed."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cropmark"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "crop",
        "3": "mark"
      },
      "expansion": "crop + mark",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From crop + mark.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cropmarks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crop mark",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cropmark (plural cropmarks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Archaeology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: crop circle"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              36,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2013, Ann Clark, Excavations at Mucking: Volume 1: The site atlas, English Heritage, →ISBN, page 23:",
          "text": "The earliest air photograph showing cropmarks at Mucking appears to be a high level vertical view of the area taken by a German aircraft of the Luftwaffe in 1943. This photograph, however, only shows a few small and indistinct marks.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sign of the former location of some feature (such as a wall or a ditch) revealed by variations in plant growth on the surface."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "archaeology",
          "archaeology"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ],
        [
          "feature",
          "feature"
        ],
        [
          "variation",
          "variation"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "growth",
          "growth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaeology) A sign of the former location of some feature (such as a wall or a ditch) revealed by variations in plant growth on the surface."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "archaeology",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Printing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              118,
              127
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1992, David A. Holzgang, The Adobe illustrator 3.2: designer's guide, Sybex Incorporated:",
          "text": "The new paths are automatically selected; if you want to remove the guides, press Delete. Set Cropmarks adds standard cropmarks to your artwork.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of the marks placed at the corners of a form to indicate where the page is to be trimmed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "printing",
          "printing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "corner",
          "corner"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "page",
          "page"
        ],
        [
          "trim",
          "trim"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(printing) Any of the marks placed at the corners of a form to indicate where the page is to be trimmed."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cropmark"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cropmark meaning in English (2.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (aeaf2a1 and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.