[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

picture \pic"ture\, n. l. pictura, fr. pingere, pictum, to
   paint: cf. f. peinture. see paint.
   1. the art of painting; representation by painting. obs.
      1913 webster

            any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or
            sculpture.                            --sir h.
                                                  wotton.
      1913 webster

   2. a representation of anything as a person, a landscape, a
      building upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced
      by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography,
      etc.; a representation in colors. by extension, a figure;
      a model.
      1913 webster

            pictures and shapes are but secondary objects.
                                                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

            the young king's picture . . . in virgin wax.
                                                  --howell.
      1913 webster

   3. an image or resemblance; a representation, either to the
      eye or to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings
      vividly to mind some other thing; as, a child is the
      picture of his father; the man is the picture of grief.
      1913 webster

            my eyes make pictures when they are shut.
                                                  --coleridge.
      1913 webster

   note: picture is often used adjectively, or in forming
         self-explaining compounds; as, picture book or
         picture-book, picture frame or picture-frame, picture
         seller or picture-seller, etc.
         1913 webster

   animated picture, a moving picture.

   picture gallery, a gallery, or large apartment, devoted to
      the exhibition of pictures.

   picture red, a rod of metal tube fixed to the walls of a
      room, from which pictures are hung.

   picture writing.
      a the art of recording events, or of expressing
          messages, by means of pictures representing the
          actions or circumstances in question. --tylor.
      b the record or message so represented; as, the picture
          writing of the american indians.
          1913 webster

   syn: picture, painting.

   usage: every kind of representation by drawing or painting is
          a picture, whether made with oil colors, water colors,
          pencil, crayons, or india ink; strictly, a painting is
          a picture made by means of colored paints, usually
          applied moist with a brush.
          1913 webster
see also:
paint animated picture picture gallery picture red picture writing picture 
painting 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

picture writing
     n : a writing system using pictographs

Picture Writing >> P Words
Picture Writing, definition of term: Picture Writing
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Writing >> W Words
Writing, definition of term: Writing
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Picture >> P Words
Picture, definition of term: Picture
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Writing Style >> W Words
Writing Style, definition of term: Writing Style
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Writing Paper >> W Words
Writing Paper, definition of term: Writing Paper
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Picture Tube >> P Words
Picture Tube, definition of term: Picture Tube
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Picture Book >> P Words
Picture Book, definition of term: Picture Book
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Motion Picture >> M Words
Motion Picture, definition of term: Motion Picture
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Phonetic Picture-Writing
...... Writing ? A phonetic picture-writing is a picture-writing, which also ... writing is a picture writing, which also can be read phonetically. For ... ..
http://members.aol.com/leonheinz/english-lautbildschrift/lautbildschrift.htm, score=100, date indexed=January 31, 2006, 12:47 pm

History of Phonetic Picture-Writing
...... writing, a syllable writing. I developed this picture-writing and ... "phonetic picture-writing" or simply "picture-writing". In directories ... ..
http://members.aol.com/leonheinz/english-lautbildschrift/geschichte.htm, score=32, date indexed=December 18, 2005, 5:11 am

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