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Rebus

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Noun

1. rebus

a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rebus

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noun plural -buses
1. 
a puzzle consisting of pictures representing syllables and words; in such a puzzle the word hear might be represented by H followed by a picture of an ear
2. 
a heraldic emblem or device that is a pictorial representation of or pun on the name of the bearer

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Rebus

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noun
a kind of puzzle consisting of pictures of objects, signs, letters, etc., the combination of whose names suggests words or phrases
a picture of an eye followed by an L followed by an ampersand is a rebus for “island”

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rebus

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n. pl. re·bus·es
A representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols, often presented as a puzzle.

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