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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dic·tio·nary /ˈdɪkʃəˌnɛri/
 辭典,字典

From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary

 dictionary
 字典; 辭典

From: Network Terminology

 dictionary
 字典

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dic·tion·a·ry n.; pl. Dictionaries
 1. A book containing the words of a language, arranged alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook.
    I applied myself to the perusal of our writers; and noting whatever might be of use to ascertain or illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time the materials of a dictionary.   --Johnson.
 2. Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 dictionary
      n : a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words
          with information about them [syn: lexicon]