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EMBLEMATICAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Serving as a visible symbol for something abstract

Example:

the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish

Synonyms:

emblematic; emblematical; symbolic; symbolical

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

representative (standing for something else)

Derivation:

emblem (a visible symbol representing an abstract idea)

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