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Definition of pictograph
1 : an ancient or prehistoric drawing or painting on a rock wall
2 : one of the symbols belonging to a pictorial graphic system
3 : a diagram representing statistical data by pictorial forms
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But if surviving a plane crash isn’t motivation enough, there are other compelling reasons to check out that plastic pictograph.
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Here are steep-sided canyons etched with 4,000-year-old pictographs painted in blood and ochre by Finland’s Stone Age settlers.
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Panels of petroglyphs and pictographs reveal the canyon’s millennia-old appeal.
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Looking back, food has always played a role in art: Stone Age cave painters used vegetable juice and animal fats as binding ingredients in their paints, and the Egyptians carved pictographs of crops and bread on hieroglyphic tablets.
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Dialogue takes place through pictographs symbolizing concepts like home and ideas.
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Origin and Etymology of pictograph
Latin pictus + English -o- + -graph
PICTOGRAPH Defined for Kids
pictograph
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noun
pic·to·graph
\ˈpik-tə-ˌgraf\
Definition of pictograph for Students
1 : an ancient or prehistoric drawing or painting on a rock wall
2 : a diagram showing information by means of pictures
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