cuneiform
From WikiWord, the free dictionary
/kjʊˈneɪ.ɪ.fɔːm/
English
Definitions
noun
- An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clay tablets.
- A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
adjective
- Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
- Written in the cuneiform writing system.
Related words
Synonyms
cunealcuniformcuneatecuneaticarrowheadedcuneonavicularcucumiformcuneocuboidprecuneiformcupuliformcuspoidconedcuspatedcuniculateprotocuneiformcuspidated
Associated
logogramakkadianmajusculecuboidideogramgilgameshelamitesumeriandeterminativetabletsnavicularsyllabic