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written word

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Noun1.written word - the written form of a word; "while the spoken word stands for something, the written word stands for something that stands for something"; "a craftsman of the written word"
word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
bigram - a word that is written with two letters in an alphabetic writing system
trigram - a word that is written with three letters in an alphabetic writing system
tetragram - a word that is written with four letters in an alphabetic writing system


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Heaven knows what gaudy sentimental parade we made in our borrowed plumes, but if the travesty had kept itself to the written word it would have been all well enough.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
He may be uneducated, but he certainly knows how to express the significance of the written word.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
Nothing, but that it is full of the Written Word - books and papers in which they wrote, and strange instruments, as of worship.
Kim by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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