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CUNEIFORM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Shaped like a wedge
Synonyms:
cuneal; cuneiform; wedge-shaped
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
