Definition of "dictionary" []

• A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words, with information given for each word, usually including meaning, pronunciation, and etymology. (noun)
• A book listing the words of a language with translations into another language. (noun)
• A book listing words or other linguistic items in a particular category or subject with specialized information about them: a medical dictionary. (noun)
• Computer Science A list of words stored in machine-readable form for reference, as by spelling-checking software. (noun)
• Computer Science An electronic spelling checker. (noun)

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• "Creating a new dictionaryThe newly completed dictionary is a research tool that will help advance those studies because - as Gil Stein points out - it goes well beyond what the word dictionary might imply."
• "I noticed that Lach, in the dictionary translates as to be counted."
• "The idea of a Slang dictionary is in many ways counterintuitive - or, one might say, a bit bonkers."