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1. An arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
    
2. Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
   "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"
   - symbolization, symbolisation [Brit], symbolic representation

Sounds like: cymbal

Derived forms: symboling, symbols, symboled

See also: symbolical, symbolize

Type of: representational process, sign, signal, signaling [US], signalling

Encyclopedia: Symbol