pictograph
a pictorial sign or symbol.
a record consisting of pictorial symbols, as a prehistoric cave drawing or a graph or chart with symbolic figures representing a certain number of people, cars, factories, etc.
Origin of pictograph
1Other words from pictograph
- pic·to·graph·ic [pik-tuh-graf-ik], /ˌpɪk təˈgræf ɪk/, adjective
- pic·to·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use pictograph in a sentence
Neither do his pictographic dramas have any resemblance to the covers from which his characters hail.
It was pictographic and showed a man leading a pack-horse along a white road to a wigwam.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh PendexterA pictographic painting--the Coat of Arms of the great family of Shewish hung upon the wall.
Indian Legends of Vancouver Island | Alfred CarmichaelThe figure at the base of the pictographic painting represents the mammoth whale upon whose back the whole creation rests.
Indian Legends of Vancouver Island | Alfred CarmichaelThe centre figure in the pictographic painting is a wolf grotesquely drawn.
Indian Legends of Vancouver Island | Alfred Carmichael
Pictographic writing, which is so well known among the Micmacs, was also practised by the Passamaquoddies.
Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore | J. Walter Fewkes
British Dictionary definitions for pictograph
/ (ˈpɪktəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /
a picture or symbol standing for a word or group of words, as in written Chinese
a chart on which symbols are used to represent values, such as population levels or consumption
Origin of pictograph
1Derived forms of pictograph
- pictographic (ˌpɪktəˈɡræfɪk), adjective
- pictography (pɪkˈtɒɡrəfɪ), noun
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