Rebus

['riːbəs] or ['ribəs]

Definition

(noun.) a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words.

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Definition

(n.) A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; hence, a peculiar form of riddle made up of such representations.

(n.) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting.

(v. t.) To mark or indicate by a rebus.

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Definition

n. an enigmatical representation of a name or thing by using pictorial devices for letters syllables or parts of words: a riddle: (her.) a coat of arms bearing an allusion to the name of the bearer:—pl. Rē′buses.

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