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"While visiting the museum, we saw ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics carved into the walls of a tomb. "writinglanguagehistoryarchaeologyculturecommunicationsignChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph"The ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphics to write stories on the walls of tombs. "writinglanguagehistorycommunicationarchaeologyculturesignChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(by extension) undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol"The doctor's prescription was filled with scribbles that looked like hieroglyphics, and the pharmacist struggled to read it. "writinglanguagecommunicationsignhistoryculturearchaeologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
