dictionary
dictionary
(dɪkʃənri , US -neri )Word forms: plural dictionaries
1. countable noun
A dictionary is a book in which the words and phrases of a language are listed alphabetically, together with their meanings or their translations in another language.
...a Welsh-English dictionary.
2. countable noun [with supplement, oft NOUN of noun]
A dictionary is an alphabetically ordered reference book on one particular subject or limited group of subjects.
...the Dictionary of National Biography.
