Definitions for rebus

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rebus re·bus

Spelling: [ree-buh s]

IPA: /ˈri bəs/

Rebus is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in rebus (bersu).

Definitions for rebus

noun

1. a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
2. a piece of writing containing many such representations.

adverb

1. (of the duration of the binding force treaty) for as long as the relevant facts and circumstances remain basically the same.

Origin of rebus

1595-1605; Latin rēbus by things (ablative plural of rēs), in phrase nōn verbīs sed rēbus not by words but by things

Examples for rebus

In the cases of these two gods we got the chiffre, and the rebus is still to seek.

Mr. Brinton thinks the central figure in the tablet of the cross is a rebus for the nature god Quetzalcohuatl.

One class was formed as were the canting arms in heraldry, that is, by a rebus.

A cask; the rebus of the final syllable TON in many surnames.

The mode in which this is done corresponds precisely to that of the rebus.

The rebus of the master-mason, Hyndeley (a hind lying) occurs in the capitals.

Beckington's rebus (a beacon and a tun) occurs in the bosses.

I have solved the rebus of existence and have put on omniscience.

I am trying to guess a rebus which has just appeared in 'The Iris.'

This rebus may be found in various places where the work was due to him.