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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a writing system whose characters represent syllables;
[syn: syllabary, syllabic script]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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