Syllabary - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Syllabary :  (noun)

1: a writing system whose characters represent syllables [syn: syllabic script]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Syllabary : \Syl"la*ba*ry\, n. A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters. --S. W. Williams.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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