UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unabridged dictionary mean? 

• UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY (noun)
  The noun UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY has 1 sense:

1. a dictionary that has not been shortened by the omitting terms or definitions; a comprehensive dictionary

  Familiarity information: UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dictionary that has not been shortened by the omitting terms or definitions; a comprehensive dictionary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

unabridged; unabridged dictionary

Hypernyms ("unabridged dictionary" is a kind of...):

dictionary; lexicon (a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them)

Instance hyponyms:

O.E.D.; OED; Oxford English Dictionary (an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles)