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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A comprehensive reference work containing articles on a wide range of subjects or on numerous aspects of a particular field, usually arranged alphabetically.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with in-depth articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The circle of sciences; a general system of instruction in several or all departments of knowledge.
  • n. Specifically A work in which the various topics included under several or all branches of knowledge are treated separately, and usually in alphabetical order.
  • n. In a narrower sense, a cyclopedia. See cyclopedia
  • n. Abbreviated enc., ency., encyc.
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  • n. a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
    • Equivalent
    encyclopædia   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    book of facts    reference book    reference    reference work   
    Cross Reference
    french encyclopedia    dictionary   
    Variant
    encyclopædia   
    Hyponym
    book of knowledge   
    Form
    -pedia   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cyclopedia    cyclopædia    cyclopaedia    thesaurus   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Media    encyclopaedia    intermedia    media    multimedia   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dictionary    handbook    encyclopaedia    biography    anthology   
     
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