iconic
adjective/aɪˈkɒnɪk/
/aɪˈkɑːnɪk/
- being a famous person or thing that people admire and see as a symbol of a particular idea, way of life, etc.
- Dover and the White Cliffs hold iconic status in British history.
- an iconic image/building/figure/brand
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIconic is used with these nouns:- figure
- image
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin iconicus, from Greek eikonikos, from eikōn ‘likeness, image’.Definitions on the go
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