Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Deluxe Edition (Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (Deluxe)) 
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In an elegant classic binding, the deluxe edition of the popular
Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary
is a perfect gift for new graduates,
serious collectors, and word lovers of all ages.
This is the deluxe edition of our popular Random House Unabridged Dictionary—the most definitive single-volume reference of the English language. This compendium of traditional vocabulary and specialized terms offers authoritative factual and encyclopedia information, which, along with the deluxe cloth binding, makes this the perfect gift for word lovers of all ages.
This deluxe edition includes:
• A handsome cloth binding along with a high-quality box and Gilt edging, making this an attractive gift
• Three beautiful ribbon markers and thumb indexing for easy use
• Over 315,000 entries, and more definitions per word than other leading dictionaries
• Over 75,000 example phrases and sentences to demonstrate how words are used in context
• 2,400 illustrations and spot maps
• Scholarly etymologies show when a term entered the language
• Comprehensive notes at many entries which explain points of usage, pronunciation, distinctions among synonyms, and regional variations and dialects
Typeset and Printed in the U.S.A.
In an elegant classic binding, the deluxe edition of the popular
Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary
is a perfect gift for new graduates,
serious collectors, and word lovers of all ages.
This is the deluxe edition of our popular Random House Unabridged Dictionary—the most definitive single-volume reference of the English language. This compendium of traditional vocabulary and specialized terms offers authoritative factual and encyclopedia information, which, along with the deluxe cloth binding, makes this the perfect gift for word lovers of all ages.
This deluxe edition includes:
• A handsome cloth binding along with a high-quality box and Gilt edging, making this an attractive gift
• Three beautiful ribbon markers and thumb indexing for easy use
• Over 315,000 entries, and more definitions per word than other leading dictionaries
• Over 75,000 example phrases and sentences to demonstrate how words are used in context
• 2,400 illustrations and spot maps
• Scholarly etymologies show when a term entered the language
• Comprehensive notes at many entries which explain points of usage, pronunciation, distinctions among synonyms, and regional variations and dialects
Typeset and Printed in the U.S.A.
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary has every word imaginable in it. We have one in our sixth-grade classroom, and we often use it to look up words that aren't in our personal pocket dictionaries.
The binding is classic and elegant, and there are THREE marking ribbos.
There is things that might be fixed in the next edition, though. It would be good if the pages weren't so thin, because the pages are rather large and it's easy to tear whe you turn the pages.
The binding is classic and elegant, and there are THREE marking ribbos.
There is things that might be fixed in the next edition, though. It would be good if the pages weren't so thin, because the pages are rather large and it's easy to tear whe you turn the pages.
reviewed by pauls on November 12, 2006 3:23 PM
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This replaced a 1986 version, and it was nice to have the "new words" section, although I wished those words had been incorporated into the main dictionary. Short of ordering the entire OED I guess this will suffice. I have tried some of the electronic dictionaries and they just do not compete with the real thing.
reviewed by john316 on November 26, 2006 12:15 AM