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A rebus is an allusional device that uses pictures to represent words or parts of words. It was a favourite form of heraldic expression used in the Middle Ages to denote surnames. For example, in its basic form, three salmon (fish) are used to denote the name `Salmon`. A more sophisticated example was the rebus of Bishop Walter Lyhart (d.1472) o.....
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picture puzzle representing a word
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• (v. t.) To mark or indicate by a rebus. • (n.) A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; hence, a peculiar form of riddle made up of such representations. • (n.) A pictorial suggestion o...
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(from the article `Art and Art Exhibitions`) ...in Venice for the François Pinault Foundation for Contemporary Art. Pinault captured headlines again by selling for approximately $30 million ...
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representation of a word or syllable by a picture of an object the name of which resembles in sound the represented word or syllable. Several ... [3 related articles]
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Origin: L. Rebus by things, abl. Pl. Of res a thing: cf. F. Rebus. Cf. 3d things, abl. Pl. Of res a thing: cf. F. Rebus. Cf. 3d Real. ... 1. A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; hence, a peculiar fo...
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A visual pun in which a written sign stands for a different meaning than its normal one--usually bec
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A puzzle postcard on which words, phrases, or sentences are represented by pictures of objects and signs, the names of which, when sounded in sequence afford the solution
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Re'bus (rē'bŭs)
noun ;
plural Rebuses (-ĕz). [ Latin
rebus by things, abl. plural of
res a thing: confer French
rébus . Confer 3d
Real .]
1. A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those...
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Re'bus transitive verb To mark or indicate by a rebus. « He [ John Morton] had a fair library
rebused with More in text and Tun under it.»
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Rebus is a cultivated variety of potato.
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In heraldry, a rebus is a pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs.
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n] - a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words
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A rebus is a code or reference where pictures, letters, or symbols represent certain words or phrases. Perhaps the simplest and most common rebus in use today is “IOU” for “I owe you.”
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noun a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words
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A representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words.
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a puzzle consisting of pictures representing words
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[Intelligent words] a puzzle consisting of pictures representing words
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