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cuneiforms

cuneiforms is the plural of cuneiform.

Meaning of cuneiform

Noun

cuneiform (plural cuneiforms)

  1. An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BCE, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets.
    Synonyms:
    wedge-writing
  2. A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.

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Questions about cuneiforms

What is cuneiforms the plural of?
Cuneiforms is the plural of cuneiform.

Words near cuneiforms in the dictionary

  1. cuneiformist
  2. cuneiformists
  3. cuneiformity
  4. cuneiformlike
  5. cuneiformly
  6. cuneiforms
  7. cuneify
  8. cuneifying
  9. Cunene
  10. Cuneo
  11. cuneo-

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