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hallmark

UK /ˈhɔːlmɑːk/US /ˈhɔlmɑɹk/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 1

noun2

•
An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals.
- It can highlight our embodiment, a qualitative step away from the hallmark machines that work so resolutely to disembody us. — 2007
•
(figurative) A distinguishing characteristic.
- You know what a university is, and a university degree? It is the necessary hallmark of a man who wants to do anything in teaching. — 1894

verb1

•
To provide or stamp with a hallmark.
- The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked. — 1904

forms

hallmarked · hallmarking · hallmarks

Phrases with hallmark

Hallmark moment
A memorable moment or event, one which would either make for or call for a poignant greeting card.

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