CRYPTOGRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cryptogram mean? 

• CRYPTOGRAM (noun)
  The noun CRYPTOGRAM has 1 sense:

1. a piece of writing in code or cipher

  Familiarity information: CRYPTOGRAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRYPTOGRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A piece of writing in code or cipher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

cryptogram; cryptograph; secret writing

Hypernyms ("cryptogram" is a kind of...):

piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))