rebus

Reader's　Digest 6月号の単語クイズ "WORD POWER" に覚えたい言葉が一つありました。

それは "rebus" で意味は "riddle made of pictures" 、例文は 'Sandro made the scavenger hunt trickier by using rebuses for the clues.'　とありました。

辞書の更に詳しい説明を引用します。

・Vocabulary.com: A rebus is a puzzle that uses symbols or pictures to represent the sounds of words. A picture of an eye, a heart, and a ewe might be used to say "I love you." Isn't that sweet?
A rebus uses pictures and symbols to convey a message in what may be considered a fun code. The letters ICU might be used to stand for the sentence “I see you.” The word rebus could be depicted with the letters RE followed by a picture of a school bus. Some children's books use rebuses as a way of introducing kids to the reading process, but rebuses can also be quite challenging, even for the adult mind.