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Word: Rebus
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: from French rébus, from Latin rebus, ablative plural of res ‘thing’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈriːbəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a puzzle in which words are represented by combinations of pictures and individual letters; for instance, apex might be represented by a picture of an ape followed by a letter X.
Short Definition:puzzle in which words are represented by combinations of pictures
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