picture writing

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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 sash, picture show, picture spread, picture tube, picture window, picture writing, picturegoer, picturephone, picturesque, picturize, picul
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Words related to picture writing

script, cuneiform, hieroglyphics, ideography, runes, symbology

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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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