Associations to the word «Cuneiform»

Wiktionary

CUNEIFORM, adjective. Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
CUNEIFORM, adjective. Written in the cuneiform writing system.
CUNEIFORM, 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.
CUNEIFORM, noun. (anatomy) A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
CUNEIFORM BONE, noun. (skeleton) Any one of three wedge-shaped bones of the foot.
CUNEIFORM BONES, noun. Plural of cuneiform bone

Dictionary definition

CUNEIFORM, noun. An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia.
CUNEIFORM, adjective. Shaped like a wedge.
CUNEIFORM, adjective. Of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones).

Wise words

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