CUNEIFORM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("cuneiform" is a kind of...):

script (a particular orthography or writing system)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cuneiform"):

Babylonian (the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written)

Meaning:

Of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones)

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

Pertainym:

tarsal (any bone of the tarsus)

Meaning:

Shaped like a wedge

Synonyms:

cuneal; cuneiform; wedge-shaped

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)