ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pictographic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˌpɪktəˈɡɹæfɪk/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Pictographic is an adjective meaning Represented by pictures.

Meaning

Represented by pictures.

More Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to pictographs.
  2. A pictograph or hieroglyph.

Example Sentences

Only two words in English possess a bare minimum resemblance to that of pictographics: eye (two es are the eyes, and the y is the nose) and bed (two vertical strokes from b and d compose the frame of the bed).

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pictographical, iconomatic, anagraphic, semigraphical, ideophonographical, illustrational.

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