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Cuneiform

noun
/kjʊˈneɪ.ɪ.fɔːm/
Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.nounAn 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.
2.nounA wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
3.adjectiveHaving the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
4.adjectiveWritten in the cuneiform writing system.

Synonyms

cunealcuniformcuneatecuneaticarrowheadedcuneonavicularcucumiformcuneocuboidprecuneiformcupuliformcuspoidconed

Rhymes With

warmformtransformstormconformswarmuniformperform
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