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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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Words related to picture writing

script, cuneiform, hieroglyphics, ideography, runes, symbology

Words nearby picture writing

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

Origin of picture writing

First recorded in 1735–45
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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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