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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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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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