Includes the history and etymology of thousands of words, 500,000 definitions, 25,250 variant spellings, and 83,000 illustrative quotations.
Lesley Brown Books
The Cassell Compact Dictionary
- 1296 pages
- 46 hours of reading
It's small and practical, easy to work with, yet packed with what you want to know! This compact dictionary contains over 200,000 entries, with up-to-the-minute usage on all aspects of English -- including the very latest expressions. With its comprehensive labeling of specialist terms and colloquialisms, plus a guide to common misspellings, it's the best for handling your everyday language needs!
