Definition of "cuneiform" [cu•ne•i•form]

• Wedge-shaped. (adjective)
• Being a character or characters formed by the arrangement of small wedge-shaped elements and used in ancient Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian writing. (adjective)
• Relating to, composed in, or using such characters. (adjective)
• Anatomy Of, relating to, or being a wedge-shaped bone or cartilage. (adjective)
• Writing typified by the use of characters formed by the arrangement of small wedge-shaped elements. (noun)

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• "Round-stylus and sharp-stylus writing was gradually replaced by writing using a wedge-shaped stylus (hence the term cuneiform), at first only for logograms, but evolved to include phonetic elements by the"
• "Insist on keeping your secret cookie recipes written in cuneiform?"
• "(On the "Cyrus Cylinder," the Persian King inscribed in cuneiform the world's first known "Charter of Human Rights.")"