1. symbol - Noun
2. symbol - Verb
A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.
Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.
An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.
That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
Share; allotment.
An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under Element.
To symbolize.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood. George Carlin
Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact in the interior life. Margaret Fuller
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. Ambrose Bierce
In fact, violence as a symbol of our growing irrationality has had an increasing role in activity for its own sake, when no possible justification could be made that the activity was seeking to resolve a problem. Carroll Quigley
Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A beard is a symbol of courage. Klingon Proverb