| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·bus |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r  b s |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. re·bus·es
A representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols, often presented as a puzzle. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin rbus, ablative pl. of rs, thing. See r- in Appendix I.
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