Dictionary containing idioms and popular phrases of the English language. Contains information about context and provides examples.
Links to full text dictionaries, including foreign languages, subject areas, and the English language.
This book contains information about popular slang phrases in contemporary America.
Alphabetical listing of foreign phrases, proverbs, maxims, and abbreviations frequently used in English.
While not as comprehensive as other sources, this is a good quick reference site from an authority in dictionary publishing.
OneLook is a meta-dictionary. Enter an English language word or acronym, and OneLook will search its index of over 900 general and special interest dictionaries for the definition.
The definitive record of the English language. Chronological examples of usage make it especially good for researching the historical development of words.
Provides a variety of links to specialized subject dictionaries in many different areas.
A graphical dictionary/thesaurus that allows you to see the relations between words, concepts, and associations.
An online project that gives as much information as possible for words, such as images, statistics, pronounciation, and multple definitions.
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