pictogram

pictogram
pictograph

   <text> (Or "pictograph") A {symbol} which is a picture that
   represents an object or concept, e.g. a picture of an envelope
   used to represent an {e-mail message}.

   Pictograms are common in everyday life, e.g. signs in public
   places or roads, whereas the term "{icon}" is specific to
   interfaces on computers or other electronic devices.

   Compare: {ideogram}.

   (2005-04-05)
    

88 Moby Thesaurus words for "pictogram":
      allegory, alphabet, arrowhead, art, blueprint, character,
      charactering, characterization, charactery, chart, choreography,
      cipher, conventional representation, conventional symbol,
      cuneiform, dance notation, delineation, demonstration,
      demotic character, depiction, depictment, determinative, diagram,
      drama, drawing, emblem, exemplification, figuration, grammalogue,
      hieratic symbol, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, hieroglyphics, hiragana,
      iconography, iconology, ideogram, ideograph, illustration, imagery,
      imaging, kana, katakana, letter, limning, logogram, logograph,
      logotype, love knot, map, musical notation, notation, ogham,
      phonetic, phonetic symbol, pictograph, picturization, plan,
      portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement, presentment, printing,
      projection, radical, realization, rendering, rendition,
      representation, rune, schema, score, script, shorthand, syllabary,
      symbol, symbolic system, symbolism, symbolization, symbology,
      tablature, token, totem, totem pole, type, wedge, word letter,
      writing