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EMBLEMATICAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does emblematical mean?
• EMBLEMATICAL (adjective)
The adjective EMBLEMATICAL has 1 sense:
1. serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
Familiarity information: EMBLEMATICAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
Synonyms:
emblematic; emblematical; symbolic; symbolical
Context example:
the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish
Similar:
representative (standing for something else)
Derivation:
emblem (a visible symbol representing an abstract idea)
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