Usually means: Comprehensive collection of knowledge summaries.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word encyclopaedia:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. encyclopaedia: Merriam-Webster
  2. encyclopaedia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. encyclopaedia: Collins English Dictionary
  4. encyclopaedia: Vocabulary.com
  5. Encyclopaedia, encyclopaedia: Wordnik
  6. encyclopaedia: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. encyclopaedia: Wiktionary
  8. encyclopaedia: Dictionary.com
  9. encyclopaedia: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Encyclopaedia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Encyclopaedia: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. encyclopaedia: Rhymezone
  13. Encyclopaedia: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. encyclopaedia: FreeDictionary.org
  15. encyclopaedia: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. encyclopaedia: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. encyclopaedia: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. encyclopaedia: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. encyclopaedia: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. encyclopaedia: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (chiefly UK, Australia) Alternative spelling of encyclopedia [A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.]

Similar:
cyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopedia, encyclopaedic, encyclopedic, dictionary, compendium, encyclopedist, encyclopaedist, Wikipedia, more...

Opposite:
dictionary

Types:
Britannica, World Book, Americana, Collier's, Funk & Wagnalls, more...

Phrases:
encyclopaedia britannica, walking encyclopaedia, Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, Encyclopaedia Metallum, Encyclopaedia of Islam, more...

Adjectives:
great, new, complete, veritable, whole, volume, medical, perfect, international, popular, modern

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Similar:
cyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopedia, encyclopaedic, encyclopedic, dictionary, compendium, encyclopedist, encyclopaedist, Wikipedia, more...

Opposite:
dictionary

Types:
Britannica, World Book, Americana, Collier's, Funk & Wagnalls, more...

Phrases:
encyclopaedia britannica, walking encyclopaedia, Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, Encyclopaedia Metallum, Encyclopaedia of Islam, Encyclopaedia Judaica, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, more...

Adjectives:
great, new, complete, veritable, whole, volume, medical, perfect, international, popular, modern

Colors:
    blue,     white,     black,     gold,     silver, more...



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