From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cuneiform \Cu*ne"i*form\ (k?-n?"?-f?rm), Cuniform \Cu"ni*form\ (k?"n?-f?rm), adjective [L. cuneus a wedge + -form: cf. F. cunei-forme. See {Coin}.]
1. Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. See {Arrowheaded}.
2. Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them. ''A cuneiform scholar.'' --Rawlinson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cuneiform \Cu*ne"i*form\, Cuniform \Cu"ni*form\, noun
1. The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
2. (Anat.) (a) One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first, second third metatarsals. They are usually designated as external, middle, and internal, or {ectocuniform}, {mesocuniform}, and {entocuniform}, respectively. (b) One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the ulna; -- called also {pyramidal} and {ulnare}. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: shaped like a wedge [syn: {wedge-shaped}, {cuneal}]
2: of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones)
noun
1: an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "cuneiform": arrowhead, character, cuneate, cuneated, deltoid, demotic character, determinative, grammalogue, hieratic symbol, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, hieroglyphics, hiragana, ideogram, ideograph, kana, katakana, logogram, logograph, ogham, oxygonal, phonetic, phonetic symbol, pictogram, pictograph, radical, rune, shorthand, triangular, trigonal, trilateral, wedge, word letter
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