logogram

English

WOTD – 12 November 2006
A knife-and-fork logogram is used in North American highway signage to represent a food vendor.

Etymology

logo- +‎ -gram

Pronunciation

Noun

logogram (plural logograms)

  1. A character or symbol that represents a word or phrase (e.g. a character of the Chinese writing system).
  2. A graphical symbol representing a concept or thing, as in roadside signs; a logo.
  3. A kind of word puzzle: a logogriph.

Synonyms

  • (character or symbol that represents a word or phrase): logograph

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