n. A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables
n. A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A catalogue of the syllables of a language; a list or set of syllables, or of characters having a syllabic value.
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n. a writing system whose characters represent syllables
Word Usage
"The point is, if you say a script is a "syllabary" that suggests one character per syllable, and if you look at kana, you don't get that."