Cryptic crossword clue
Four mince rolls in the shape of a wedge 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CUNEIFORM

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What does CUNEIFORM mean?

CUNEIFORM noun
  1. An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clay tablets.
  2. A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
CUNEIFORM adjective
  1. Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
  2. Written in the cuneiform writing system.

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