Webster's II New Riverside Desk Dictionary

By Merriam-Webster

Book Overview

More than 35,000 definitions in a convenient size and format. With a measurement table, a table of proofreaders' marks, and a punctuation guide. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395744504
• ISBN13: 9780395744505
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 501 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

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The book was new and at a wonderful price, I was very happy with my purchase.

Webster's II - New Riverside Dictionary

My children have used this dictionary in their school for many years. It is a very handy tool for their school work and home work.

Prudish

The definitions in this dictionary are immaculately precise and there is hardly any word you will not find, even though it is an abridged version. However, if you happen to learn English as a foreign language and want to use this book as a help to understand modern American literature - beware! Any four-letter-words have been prudishly excluded, among them very old and respectable words. To my surprise, it did bother to give the now most common meaning of gay, but the editors seem to have done so only grudgingly. Go for British dictionaries if you want to explore the full range of the English language.