Symbolic - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|sɪmˈbɑːlɪk|
Brit.
|sɪmˈbɒlɪk|
adjective
- serving as a visible symbol for something abstract (syn: emblematic, emblematical, symbolical)
the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish
Extra examples
The lighting of the candles is symbolic.
The sharing of the wine has symbolic meaning.
These changes are more symbolic than substantive.
...couples exchange engagement rings as a symbolic guaranty that they will marry...
...the congressional resolution has symbolic value only, as it relates to a matter governed by the states and is thus nugatory...
The President's visit is loaded with symbolic significance.
Tearing up the price list was simply a symbolic gesture.
The clock in the painting is a symbolic representation of the passage of time.
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