As a noun cist
is a small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in ancient greece or cist can be (archaeology) a crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs.
As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.
As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.
cist
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) cista, from (etyl) .
Noun
(
en noun)
A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in ancient Greece
Etymology 2
(etyl) cist faen (see kistvaen, cistvaen, from (etyl) cist
Noun
(
en noun)
(archaeology) A crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs.
Derived terms
* cist-urn
Anagrams
*
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x
Translingual
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(
wikipedia X)
Etymology 1
Letter
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Symbol
(
mul-symbol)
A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
strike
Etymology 2
Possibly from skull and crossbones
Derived terms
* XXX
See also
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Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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