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The dictionary of choice for word lovers and puzzle fiends, The Chambers Dictionary delves deep into all the glories of the English language, covering weird and wonderful words like spoffish, jobernowl, mullligrubs and humdudgeon, all the while ensuring it covers the latest developments in English. Now in its 12th edition, the dictionary has been updated to include words and expressions that have entered the language in the four years since the last edition was published. In addition, it now includes a Word Lover's Miscellany with list upon list of words to appeal to the English language addict: - words to cherish - words that are extinct - words that merit rescue - words to use in Scrabble(R) and other word games - words to watch - collective nouns - useful similes

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Chambers is the one I keep at my right hand -- Philip Pullman The Chambers Dictionary stands out like a baroque mansion in a city of faceless concrete -- Melvyn Bragg To look up a word in Chambers is to be able to unpack its meaning and also to marvel at its compactness ... Chambers is an open door to words at their wittiest, most rooted, most revealing, and most powerful -- Ali Smith This fossicking for undiscovered jewels is, of course, one of the chief pleasures of a dictionary ... A page a day keeps the doddypolls at bay -- Jeremy Paxman It is good to see that The Chambers Dictionary has lost none of its wit -- Mark Sanderson

Chambers is the one I keep at my right hand -- Philip Pullman The Chambers Dictionary stands out like a baroque mansion in a city of faceless concrete -- Melvyn Bragg To look up a word in Chambers is to be able to unpack its meaning and also to marvel at its compactness ... Chambers is an open door to words at their wittiest, most rooted, most revealing, and most powerful -- Ali Smith This fossicking for undiscovered jewels is, of course, one of the chief pleasures of a dictionary ... A page a day keeps the doddypolls at bay -- Jeremy Paxman Chambers is the kind of dictionary with which people who like to play with words begin to feel an affinity. Its vocabulary is so vast and variegated that crossword fans find it a valuable resource. -- livemint.com, The Wall Street Journal We shall not rest until every Independent reader is saying to him or herself, 'I wonder what 'humdudgeon' means. I must just go and look it up.' -- John Walsh, Irish Independent Scrabble players have traditionally used The Chambers Dictionary ... Never has cursing been so creative -- The Guardian Chambers is the best one-volume dictionary from the wrong side of the Atlantic -- First Things Journal authority and reliability -- Telegraph 20110825 'The 12th edition of The Chambers Dictionary is the most useful and diverting single-volume work-hoard available. It's somehow good to know that a zizel is a chipmunk' -- The Telegraph, Mark Sanderson's Book of the Year 20111206

Chambers is my dictionary of choice and always has been, because its practice is to detail a word's etymology with clarity, brevity and exactness, so that to look up a word in Chambers is to be able to unpack its meaning and also to marvel at its compactness... Chambers is an open door to words at their wittiest, most rooted, most reavealing and most powerful. -- Ali Smith 20080715 It's good to see that the latest, 11th, edition of Chambers Dictionary has lost none of its wit. -- Mark Sanderson, Literary Life, Telegraph.co.uk 20080831 It's official! The credit crunch has finally found its way into the hallowed columns of this iconic work of reference...Hats off, incidentally, to the editor who archly defines 'comfort food' as 'mood-enhancing food that meets the approval of one's taste buds but not of one's doctor'. -- Daily Echo 20081010 Chambers is the one I keep at my right hand -- Philip Pullman: how I chose my top 40, 'The Times' 20080830

Chambers is my dictionary of choice and always has been, because its practice is to detail a word's etymology with clarity, brevity and exactness, so that to look up a word in Chambers is to be able to unpack its meaning and also to marvel at its compactness... Chambers is an open door to words at their wittiest, most rooted, most reavealing and most powerful. -- Ali Smith 20080715 It's good to see that the latest, 11th, edition of Chambers Dictionary has lost none of its wit. -- Mark Sanderson, Literary Life, Telegraph.co.uk 20080831 It's official! The credit crunch has finally found its way into the hallowed columns of this iconic work of reference...Hats off, incidentally, to the editor who archly defines 'comfort food' as 'mood-enhancing food that meets the approval of one's taste buds but not of one's doctor'. -- Daily Echo 20081010 Chambers is the one I keep at my right hand -- Philip Pullman: how I chose my top 40, 'The Times' 20080830 Chambers Biographical Dictionary is quite easily the best reference book in the world. -- Sunday Telegraph 20080830

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Chambers is one of the world's most respected dictionary publishers, appealing particularly to word lovers and those who revel in all the quirks of the English language. Its extensive list of innovative language and reference titles includes the renowned Brewer's list of endlessly browsable dictionaries of phrase and fable, and covers English-language dictionaries and thesauruses for every level of user from school to crossword fan, from English learner to student of slang. Meticulously researched and expertly written, the highly acclaimed Chambers range has been at the forefront of presenting knowledge and learning in an engaging and accessible way since it was first established in the 19th century.

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