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cuniform

cuniform is the alternative spelling of cuneiform.

Meaning of cuneiform

Adjective

cuneiform (not comparable)

  1. Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
    • About midway across the larger log a cuneiform notch or cut about six inches deep was made.1889, John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt, “New Fire Among the Iroquois”, in American Anthropologist, volume 2, page 319
  2. Written in the cuneiform writing system.
    • There, too, it was originally the vulgar script in contrast with the official cuneiform script employed for all official documents, compacts, etc.1911, Alvin Sylvester Zerbe, The Antiquity of Hebrew Writing and Literature, page 182

See all 4 meanings of cuneiform

Forms of cuniform

pluralcuniforms

Questions about cuniform

What is cuniform the alternative spelling of?
Cuniform is the alternative spelling of cuneiform.

Words near cuniform in the dictionary

  1. cuniculids
  2. cuniculiform
  3. cuniculture
  4. cuniculus
  5. cunies
  6. cuniform
  7. cuniforms
  8. cuniloside
  9. cunilosides
  10. cunit
  11. cunits

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