noun

monogram

MO-nuh-gram

noun

A design made from one or more letters, usually someone's initials, used to mark belongings or as a personal emblem.

"Her towels were embroidered with a gold monogram."

"The luggage had his monogram stitched onto the leather."

verb

To mark something with a monogram.

"They had the shirts monogrammed with his initials."

How to Use Monogram

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA decorative design made from someone's initials, often stitched or engraved onto personal items.

Common pairings

a monogrammed shirt have something monogrammed

monogrammed past tense, monogramed past tense, monograms plural, monograms plural, monograms plural, monograms plural, monograms singular

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From French monogramme, from Latin monogrammus, ultimately from Greek monogrammos, "outlined in single lines."

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