hieroglyph
/ˈhaɪərəˌɡlɪf/
noun
- A picture or symbol that represents a word, sound, or idea, especially in the writing system of ancient Egypt.
- The museum displayed a stone tablet covered with carved hieroglyphs.
- Scholars spent years trying to decode the meaning of a single hieroglyph.
- Each hieroglyph in the inscription told part of the story of the pharaoh's life.
- A written symbol that is difficult to read or understand, like a secret code.
- The doctor's prescription looked like a hieroglyph to me.
- To the untrained eye, the ancient manuscript seemed nothing but a jumble of hieroglyphs.
- Her notes were full of personal hieroglyphs that only she could decipher.
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