CRYPTOGRAPH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cryptograph mean? 

• CRYPTOGRAPH (noun)
  The noun CRYPTOGRAPH has 3 senses:

1. a secret method of writing

2. a piece of writing in code or cipher

3. a device for deciphering codes and ciphers

  Familiarity information: CRYPTOGRAPH used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRYPTOGRAPH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A secret method of writing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

cipher; cryptograph; cypher; secret code

Hypernyms ("cryptograph" is a kind of...):

code (a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A piece of writing in code or cipher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

cryptogram; cryptograph; secret writing

Hypernyms ("cryptograph" is a kind of...):

piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A device for deciphering codes and ciphers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cryptograph" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)