Websters New World Dictionary and
Thesaurus by Charlton Laird
Classroom Books
* Completely revised from the previous edition.
* Increased page count
* More dictionary entries - 61,000 total
* 13,000 thesaurus entries
* 3,000 new dictionary terms, such as biscotti, dot.com, gene therapy,
home page, no-brainer, portobello mushroom, skybox, surgicenter, veggie
* Revised design affords greater readability, with use of custom fonts
* Based on the authoritative Websters New World College Dictionary,
Fourth

Personal Review: Websters New World Dictionary and
Thesaurus by Charlton Laird
If you do a lot of reading or any writing;you can't get far without a good
Dictionary to start with;then you'll also need a good Thesaurus to follow
through.But, which of the many to choose? I have several of each,but this
one is different,and I will probably keep it handy because it will serve my
purposes ,most of the time.I know ,at times it will not meet all my needs;but
in those cases,I can turn to the bigger ones.
The layout of this book is very ingenius (see,The proper spelling is
"ingenious" and another word which gives similar meaning is "skillful"--all
on the same page).
The thing that makes this book different ,is that each page is split; with the
dictionary part at the top of the page and the thesaurus at the bottom.
Thus,one need only to make one search for both.An alternate would be to
have the Dictionary at the front ,with the Thesaurus at the back---not nearly
as handy.
Another plus with this book is that the paper,printing and construction is
very good for a paperback edition. The one thing with a paperback
dictionaty is that the binding can weaken and break with a lot of use. This
one looks pretty good and even lies open very well.Tugging at individual
pages,they seem very well adhered to the binding.However; time and use
will tell;but I suspect it will serve very well for personal use.Also,with
respect to paperback Dictionaries,the paper is often very poor,more
suitable for newspapers or mass market "Dimestore Novels"; and with the
print size too small and poor contrast with the cheap paper.This is very
important when thumbing through pages searching.I find flipping through
this one excptionally good;and that has to be because of the heavy paper.
The paper is heavy,very white and the print is large enough,assisted by the
high constrast.The first thing that impressed me was how sharp and clear
the printing was;and it hit me as soon as I opened it.
There are a lot of other good features to this combined
Dictionary/Thesaurus ,and I am sure I will find more as I use it. So,if you
are thinking of purchasing a Dictionary or Thesaurus or both make sure
you consider this combined one;it should serve the purpose very well,for
most people.
Oh yes,another excellent feature of this book is that it lies open when
flat;quite unusual for a paper bound book.
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