how to pronounce rebus

/ˈɹiːbəs/

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rebus is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of rebus in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the rebus Temma goals in that way or by …”

meanings of rebus

noun:

A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs.
A kind of word puzzle which uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.

verb:

To mark or indicate by a rebus.

rebus frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word rebus occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics rebus can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that rebus can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;