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/ˈdɪk.ʃə.nə.ɹi/

noun

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noun
A book or website giving word meanings and information.
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noun
Extra detail
A person or thing regarded as a repository or compendium of information.

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At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 2

Also pronounced

/ˈɖɪkʃ(ə)nəri/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information.
A reference work on a particular subject or activity in which the entries are arranged alphabetically; an alphabetical encyclopedia.
A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.

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In a dictionary like this one there should be at least two sentences with "fridge".
If you want to know the meaning of a word, look it up in the dictionary.
a dictionary of sports

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The word in print, with each source given in full.

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1930, Norman Lindsay, chapter 6, in Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, section I, page 106
But what other kind(s) of syntactic information should be included in Lexical Entries? Traditional dictionaries such as Hornby's (1974) Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English include not only categorial information in their entries, but also information about the range of Complements which a given item permits (this information is represented by the use of a number/letter code).
1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 7, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 339
By 1986 the name Walkman was included as a word in the English dictionary.
2019, John Hughes, Life Pre-Intermediate Student's Book, National Geographic Learning, page 188
User calls RouteCollection.GetVirtualPath, passing in a RequestContext, a dictionary of values, and an optional route name used to select the correct route to generate the URL.
2011, Jon Galloway, Phil Haack, Brad Wilson, Professional ASP.NET MVC 3
By a reference to the following dictionaried abbreviations, the simplicity and harmony of each sentence will be manifestly apparent; although it does not embrace everything, and could not, as it would be far too voluminous for general use.
1866, William Henry Ward, The international day, night, and fog signal telegraph, page 12

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Origin

noun

From Middle English dixionare, a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin dictiōnārium, from Latin dictiōnārius, from dictiō (“a speaking”), from dictus, perfect past participle of dīcō (“to speak”) + -ārium (“room, place”). By surface analysis, diction + -ary.

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She placed the heavy blank on the desk to look up a word.