- noun
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- puzzle in which a word or phrase has to be guessed from pictures or diagrams representing the letters or syllables in it [Barron]
- a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound; also: a riddle made up of such pictures or symbols [Taisha]
More word meanings for rebus
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- Wiktionary:
- rebus @ wiktionary
- WordNet:
- rebus @ wordnet.princeton.edu
- Merriam-Webster Online:
- rebus @ M-W.com
- MSN Encarta:
- rebus @ Encarta
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
- rebus @ AHD provided by Yahoo! Education
- Answers.com:
- rebus @ Answers.com
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