noun
Meaning 1
A cipher or cryptogram.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
cryptograph
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noun
Meaning 2
A device used for encrypting or decrypting text.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
To write text using a code or cipher.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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noun
Meaning 4
a device for deciphering codes and ciphers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: device
noun
Meaning 5
a piece of writing in code or cipher
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cryptogram, secret writing
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Broader terms: writing, written material, piece of writing
noun
Meaning 6
a secret method of writing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cipher, cypher, secret code
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: code
History
Etymology
From crypto- + -graph.
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