cryptograph

UK: /ˈkrɪptəʊˌɡræf/ US: (krip′tə graf′, -gräf′)

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cryp•to•graph  (krip′tə graf′, -gräf′), n. 

1. Cryptography cryptogram (def. 1).
2. Cryptography a system of secret writing;
   cipher.
3. Cryptography a device for translating clear text into cipher.

• crypto- + -graph 1635–45

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cryptograph / ˈkrɪptəʊˌɡræf -ˌɡrɑːf/ noun

1. something written in code or cipher
2. a code using secret symbols (cryptograms)