pictograph

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
pictograph
    n 1: a graphic character used in picture writing
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pictograph \Pic"to*graph\, n. [See {Picture}, and {-graph}.]
   A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea.
   -- {Pic`to*graph"ic}, a.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
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)
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "pictograph":
      arrowhead, character, cuneiform, demotic character, determinative,
      grammalogue, hieratic symbol, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic,
      hieroglyphics, hiragana, ideogram, ideograph, kana, katakana,
      logogram, logograph, ogham, phonetic, phonetic symbol, pictogram,
      radical, rune, shorthand, wedge, word letter
antiflux / dictionary / pictograph
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