ROSETTA STONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rosetta Stone mean? 

• ROSETTA STONE (noun)
  The noun ROSETTA STONE has 1 sense:

1. a part of an inscribed granite stela that was originally about six feet tall and was set up in 196 BC; the inscriptions in hieroglyphics and Demotic and Greek gave the first clues to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics

  Familiarity information: ROSETTA STONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROSETTA STONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A part of an inscribed granite stela that was originally about six feet tall and was set up in 196 BC; the inscriptions in hieroglyphics and Demotic and Greek gave the first clues to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics

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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

stela; stele (an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings)