symbolic

adj 1: relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols;

"symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic

thinking" [syn: {symbolical}]

2: serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; "a crown

is emblematic of royalty"; "the spinning wheel was as

symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish" [syn:

{emblematic}, {emblematical}, {symbolical}]

3: using symbolism; "symbolic art"