Product Description

‘It’s the most human of dictionaries, the most quirky and eccentric, the hardest to put down once picked up’ Philip Pullman ‘Impeccable as a reference tool, Chambers is a delight to browse through’ Jilly Cooper The Chambers Dictionary remains the dictionary of choice for professional writers, puzzle and wordgame enthusiasts and everyone with a love of words. The latest edition of the dictionary includes definitions of over 500 new words that have recently entered the language. While the traditional Chambers virtues of being informative, witty and authoritative have been retained, the design and content have been updated to provide a clear and modern text for today’s users.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28292 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1839 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
It's official! The word techie--a devotee of or expert in (some aspect of) technology--has made it into the Chambers Dictionary. And there are a slew of other net-specific words too, including netiquette, browsing, applet, span, cybersex and cybercafé. It just goes to show how the world of computing and electronic communications has advanced and changed our world. Of course, there are also those other little things that have become part of our lives: Prozac, sound bite, cellulite...

Synopsis
'It's the most human of dictionaries, the most quirky and eccentric, the hardest to put down once picked up' Philip Pullman 'Impeccable as a reference tool, Chambers is a delight to browse through' Jilly Cooper The Chambers Dictionary remains the dictionary of choice for professional writers, puzzle and wordgame enthusiasts and everyone with a love of words. The latest edition of the dictionary includes definitions of over 500 new words that have recently entered the language. While the traditional Chambers virtues of being informative, witty and authoritative have been retained, the design and content have been updated to provide a clear and modern text for today's users.

From the Publisher
The thumb-indexed edition of The Chambers Dictionary does include thumb notches as well as a ribbon marker. We apologize that one of the Amazon reviewers received a faulty copy that did not have these notches. We would ask anyone who receives a faulty copy of one of our books to please contact us so that we can rectify the situation; our UK telephone number is 0131 556 5929.

Customer Reviews

Watch out for the next edition
If you're about to buy this for crossword purposes, be aware that a new edition comes out on 22 August 2008. New editions of Chambers have appeared every 5 years since 1983 - the 2006 edition was an extra one to get the dictionary into the new 'corporate livery'. ISBN-10 for the new one is 0550103961. Puzzles like the Observer's Azed (most of which still use the 2003 edition as their reference as I write this) normally start to use the new edition around the beginning of the next calendar year, so you probably have time to ask for this as a Christmas present.

A to Z
Had a Chambers dictionary for years and just bought another. Still the same quality - all entries in alphabetical order so they're easy to find and all the words you could possibly think of - and more. To top it all, it even explains what each word means. Keep finding I skip around a lot and don't think I'll ever finish it. Seriously though I have found it to be the best brand of dictionary in terms of quantity, layout and ease of use.

The best single-volume dictionary there is
This is the best single-volume dictionary of the English Language. If you know Chambers, then you need no persuading. If you don't, then it's time to get one.
It's the recommended reference for most of the best crosswords.

But look on Amazon at the thumb-index version of this dictionary, which should be more expensive, but for some reason is actually a few pounds cheaper. That's the one I've bought, and it's superb.