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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dictionary of synonyms and antonyms |
| Synonyms: | glossary, language reference book, lexicon, onomasticon, reference book, sourcebook, storehouse of words, terminology, treasury of words, vocabulary, word list |
| Main Entry: | lexicon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection of word meanings, usage |
| Synonyms: | dictionary, glossary, terminology, thesaurus, vocabulary, word stock, wordbook, wordlist |
| Main Entry: | list |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | record, tabulation |
| Synonyms: | account, agenda, archive, arrangement, ballot, bill, brief, bulletin, calendar, canon, catalog, catalogue, census, checklist, contents, dictionary, directory, docket, draft, enumeration, file, gazette, index, inventory, invoice, lexicon, lineup, listing, loop, manifest, memorandum, menu, outline, panel, poll, program, prospectus, register, roll, roll call, row, schedule, screed, scroll, series, slate, statistics, syllabus, table, tally, thesaurus, ticket, timetable, vocabulary |
| Main Entry: | reference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | printed matter with information |
| Synonyms: | archives, cyclopedia, dictionary, encyclopedia, evidence, source, thesaurus, writing |
| Main Entry: | vocabulary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | language of a person or people |
| Synonyms: | cant, dictionary, glossary, jargon, lexicon, palaver, phraseology, terminology, thesaurus, word-hoard, word-stock, wordbook, words |
| Main Entry: | reference book |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | book of information |
| Synonyms: | almanac, atlas, dictionary, directory, encyclopedia, how-to book, source book, thesaurus, wordbook, work of reference |
| Concept: | List. |
| Category: | 1. NUMBER, IN THE ABSTRACT |
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-nouns
list, catalog, catalogue, inventory, schedule; register (record); account; bill, bill of costs; syllabus; terrier, tally, file; calendar, index, table, atlas, contents; book, ledger; synopsis, catalogue raisonne; tableau; invoice, bill of lading; prospectus, program, programme; bill of fare, menu, carte; score, census, statistics, returns; Red book, Blue book, Domesday book; cadastre; directory, gazetter; wish list, laundry list., almanac; army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list; Almanach de Gotha, cadaster, card index, card file, rolodex, dictionary, thesaurus, Lloyd's register, nautical almanac, who's who, Guinness Book of World Records., roll; check roll, checker roll, bead roll; muster roll, muster book; roster, lineup, panel; cartulary, diptych.
-adjectives
cadastral.
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| Concept: | Book. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional means; written language |
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-nouns
booklet; writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule; tract, tractate; livret; brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion, circular, publication; chap book., part, issue, number, livraison; album, portfolio; periodical, serial, magazine, ephemeris, annual, journal., paper, bill, sheet, broadsheet; leaf, leaflet; fly leaf, page; quire, ream, chapter, section head, article, paragraph, passage, clause., folio, quarto, octavo; duodecimo, sextodecimo, octodecimo., encyclopedia; encompilation; library, bibliotheca; press (publication)., writer, author, litterateur, essayist, journalism; pen, scribbler, the scribbling race; literary hack, Grub-street writer; writer for the press, gentleman of the press, representative of the press; adjective jerker, diaskeaus, ghost, hack writer, ink slinger; publicist; reporter, penny-a-liner; editor, subeditor; playwright; powt., bookseller, publisher; bibliopole, bibliopolist; librarian; bookstore, bookseller's shop., knowledge of books, bibliography; book learning (knowledge).
-phrases
"among the giant fossils of my past" [E. B. Browning]; craignez tout d'un auteur en courroux; "for authors nobler palms remain" [Pope]; "I lived to write and wrote to live" [Rogers]; "look in thy heart and write" [Sidney]; "there is no Past so long as Books shall live" [Bulwer Lytton); "the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writers" [Disraeli]; "volumes
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