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dictionary (noun):
a reference book listing terms and giving information about a particular subject
a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them.
a reference source in print or electronic form containing words usually alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, etymologies, meanings, and syntactic and idiomatic uses

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