rebus
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables: Two gates and a head is a rebus for Gateshead.
a piece of writing containing many such representations.
Origin of rebus
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How to use rebus in a sentence
General conceptions formed without this thorough knowledge, are Bacon's "notiones temer rebus abstract."
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart MillIt is a building of red brick having on the top a lion, the rebus of the founder's name.
Removere debemus ego a rebus magnis (Bengel): there are things too great to allow the intrusion of self.
Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians | James DenneyAnnales & Historiæ de rebus Belgicis, ab obitu Philippi regis usque ad inducias anni 1609.
The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius | Jean Lvesque de BurignyThe Major chuckled, and admitted this might be so; his old governor used to say, "Est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines."
Somehow Good | William de Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for rebus
/ (ˈriːbəs) /
a puzzle consisting of pictures representing syllables and words; in such a puzzle the word hear might be represented by H followed by a picture of an ear
a heraldic emblem or device that is a pictorial representation of or pun on the name of the bearer
Origin of rebus
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