word-sign
nounDefinition of word-sign
: a visual or tactile symbol or group of symbols representing a word: such as
a
: a single character used to represent a word in a regular system of writing : logogram
the word-signs used in Egyptian hieroglyphic writing
b
: a stroke or simple character used in shorthand as a brief way of representing a word of frequent occurrence or a derivative of such a word
c
: a braille character of one cell or two cells that can stand for a whole word