rebus
(noun) a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rebus (plural rebuses)
A kind of word puzzle which uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.
(heraldry) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs.
• (word puzzle): dingbat
rebus (third-person singular simple present rebuses, present participle rebusing, simple past and past participle rebused)
(transitive) To mark or indicate by a rebus.
• Burse, Suber, Ubers, buers, bures, burse, erubs, resub, rubes, suber, urbes
Source: Wiktionary
Re"bus, n.; pl. Rebuses. Etym: [L. rebus by things, abl. pl. of res a thing: cf. F. rébus. Cf. 3d things, abl. pl. of res a thing: cf. F. rébus. Cf. 3d Real.]
1. A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; hence, a peculiar form of riddle made up of such representations.
Note: A gallant, in love with a woman named Rose Hill, had, embroidered on his gown, a rose, a hill, an eye, a loaf, and a well, signifying, Rose Hill I love well.
2. (Her.)
Definition: A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting.
Re"bus, v. t.
Definition: To mark or indicate by a rebus. He [John Morton] had a fair library rebused with More in text and Tun under it. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
