English / word
hieroglyphics
noun C1MEANING IN ENGLISH
A system of writing using picture symbols, used especially in ancient Egypt; writing that is hard to decipher.
In context
01
Historians decoded the hieroglyphics found inside the pharaoh's tomb.
02
The tomb walls were covered with Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Synonyms
symbol,script,hieroglyphs
Antonyms
alphabet,alphabetical script,plain text
Collocations
ancient hieroglyphics,decode hieroglyphics,Egyptian hieroglyphics