noun🔗Share(chiefly in the plural) a writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus"The museum exhibit featured examples of hieroglyphic writing, showing how ancient Egyptians used picture symbols to form their language. "writinglanguagehistoryarchaeologycommunicationcultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph"The Egyptologist carefully copied each hieroglyphic from the ancient tomb wall. "writingsignlanguagesystemhistorycommunicationcultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(by extension) undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol"The old, dusty ledger contained a hieroglyphic script that no one could understand. "writingsignlanguagecommunicationhistorycultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareOf, relating to, or written with this system of symbols"hieroglyphic obelisk"writinglanguagehistoryarchaeologycommunicationsigncultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareDifficult to decipher"The doctor's handwriting was so hieroglyphic that the pharmacist struggled to read the prescription. "languagewritingcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
