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PICTOGRAPH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pictograph mean?
• PICTOGRAPH (noun)
The noun PICTOGRAPH has 1 sense:
1. a graphic character used in picture writing
Familiarity information: PICTOGRAPH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A graphic character used in picture writing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pictograph" is a kind of...):
character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)
Derivation:
pictographic (consisting of or characterized by the use of pictographs)
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