transferred. A treasury; also = thesaurus, n. 2.

A book providing information on a specified subject or for a specified group of people. (Frequently as part of the title.) Obsolete.

A literary work containing extensive information on all branches of knowledge, usually arranged in alphabetical order.

= encyclopaedia, n.

A book containing extensive information on all branches of knowledge, or on all the branches of some particular art, science, etc.; usually arranged…

= cyclopaedia, n. 2.

A survey or systematic view of all branches of knowledge; universal knowledge. Also: a compendium of information of every kind; an encyclopaedia.

A ‘treasury’ or ‘storehouse’ of knowledge, as a dictionary, encyclopædia, or the like.

North American. Designed for use by college students or at college level; esp. as collegiate dictionary, (a proprietary name in the U.S. for) a…

North American. elliptical for collegiate dictionary at sense A. 2b (proprietary in the U.S.).

a one-volume dictionary of medium size, suited for use on a desk for general reference.

One who is learning a foreign language; esp. in learner's dictionary n. a dictionary (esp. a monolingual one) designed for the use of foreign…

A book designed to be encyclopedic in its breadth.