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The Chambers Dictionary, 11th edition
Chambers

Hardback
RRP: £25.00
ISBN: 9780550102898

Published: 22/08/2008
Extent: 1904 pages

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  • More words and definitions than any other single-volume English dictionary
  • Clear, accurate and, on occasion, witty definitions
  • Thoroughly revised with today’s user in mind
  • Contains the latest new words from science, technology and contemporary culture

  • Includes a free trial of Chambers Reference Online



Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Foreword
A short history of English
Varieties of English
Using the dictionary
Model of dictionary layout
Spelling rules
Abbreviations used in the dictionary
Characters used in other languages
Detailed chart of pronunciation
The Chambers Dictionary
Some first names
Phrases and quotations from foreign languages
Alphabets
Roman numerals
Internet suffixes
Books of the Bible
Plays of Shakespeare
Notes on authors cited in the dictionary
Chemical elements
SI units
Beaufort scale
Mohs scale
Earthquakes severity measurement scales
Wine bottle sizes
Wedding anniversaries
Mathematical symbols
Physical constants
Temperature conversion
Conversion factors
International paper sizes
Planets
Major planetary satellites

Reviews:

Chambers is my dictionary of choice and always has been, because its practice is to detail a word's etymology with clarity, brevity and exactness, so that to look up a word in Chambers is to be able to unpack its meaning and also to marvel at its compactness... Chambers is an open door to words at their wittiest, most rooted, most reavealing and most powerful. 

Ali Smith

It's good to see that the latest, 11th, edition of Chambers Dictionary has lost none of its wit.

Mark Sanderson, Literary Life, Telegraph.co.uk

It's official! The credit crunch has finally found its way into the hallowed columns of this iconic work of reference...

Hats off, incidentally, to the editor who archly defines 'comfort food' as 'mood-enhancing food that meets the approval of one's taste buds but not of one's doctor'.
Daily Echo

 Chambers is the one I keep at my right hand
Philip Pullman: how I chose my top 40, 'The Times'

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