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Earmark

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

n. An identifying feature or characteristic: a novel with all the earmarks of success.

n. An identifying mark on the ear of a domestic animal.

v. To reserve or set aside for a particular purpose. See Synonyms at allocate.

v. To mark in an identifying or distinctive way.

v. To mark the ear of (a domestic animal) for identification.

v. To mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.

v. To specify or set aside for a particular purpose.

n. A mark or deformation of the ear of an animal intended to indicate ownership.

n. The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs.

n. A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.

n. A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.

v. To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.

v. To designate or reserve for a specific purpose.

n. A mark on the ear by which a sheep or other domestic animal is known.

n. Figuratively, in law, any mark for identification, as a privy mark made on a coin.

n. Any characteristic or distinguishing mark, natural or other, by which the ownership or relation of something is known.

To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.

n. identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal

v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

n. a distinctive characteristic or attribute

"The term earmark originated in ancient England when farmers tagged -- or marked the ears -- of their livestock mixed among the village herd."

earmarked earmarking earmarks

Words that are more generic or abstract

marker mark marking assign allot portion

earmarked earmarking

Words with the same meaning

crop dog's-ear dog-ear mark

Words that are found in similar contexts

phonemark