Dictionary - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Dictionary : (noun)

1: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them [syn: lexicon]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Dictionary : \Dic"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. Dictionaries. [Cf. F. dictionnaire. See Diction.] 1. A book containing the words of a language, arranged alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook.

I applied myself to the perusal of our writers; and noting whatever might be of use to ascertain or illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time the materials of a dictionary. --Johnson.

2. Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Dictionary
	rohrbachlibrary: clinquant: Glittering with gold or silver; tinseled; Tinsel; imitation gold leaf. Dictionary.com
	emansouri: A Services Dictionary publishes a UcompOS entity’s public API methods http://blog.ucompass.com/?p=213
	jeashi: err my father let the carolers (in my own Dictionary hahah) enter the gate.. they annoy me.

Dictionary - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Example Usage of Dictionary