written word

/ˌrɪtn wərd/
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Definitions of written word
  1. noun
    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”
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    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
    Tetragrammaton
    four Hebrew letters usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh) or JHVH (Jehovah) signifying the Hebrew name for God which the Jews regarded as too holy to pronounce
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    word
    a unit of language that native speakers can identify
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