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noun

the art of recording events or expressing ideas by pictures, or pictorial symbols, as practiced by preliterate peoples.

pictorial symbols forming a record or communication.

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Origin of picture writing

First recorded in 1735–45

Words nearby picture writing

picture show, picture spread, picturesque, picture tube, picture window, picture writing, picturize, picul, piculet, Picumnus, Picus

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How to use picture writing in a sentence

True, this may not be what James Madison had in mind when he was writing the Bill of Rights.
Why We Stand With Charlie Hebdo—And You Should Too|John Avlon|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Both Ney and Abramoff have reentered the public spotlight following their sentences, writing books about their experiences.
Abramoff’s Advice for Virginia’s New Jailhouse Guv|Tim Mak, Jackie Kucinich|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The same picture emerges from middle class men in the U.S., Canada, and the Nordic countries.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That was accomplished by cops such as the one whose picture was clutched so tightly by his widow on Sunday.
Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST

There is just no way of selling this picture with an innocent defense like, “she just asked for a snap.”
Buckingham Palace Disputes Sex Allegations Against Prince ‘Randy Andy’|Tom Sykes|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She looked from the picture to her daughter, with a frightful glare, in their before mild aspect.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Each picture bore a label, giving a true description of the once-honoured gem.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
And sure enough when Sunday came, and the pencil was restored to him, he promptly showed nurse his picture.
Children's Ways|James Sully
When he had finished, she took them from his hand, and turning them round in agitated silence, examined their seals and writing.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
What he has done in any one species or distinct kind of writing would have been sufficient to have acquired him a great name.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

British Dictionary definitions for picture writing

picture writing

noun

any writing system that uses pictographs

a system of artistic expression and communication using pictures or symbolic figures

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picture writing

Origin of picture writing

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British Dictionary definitions for picture writing