Collins Online English Dictionary
An unparalleled resource for word lovers, word gamers, and word geeks everywhere, Collins online Unabridged English Dictionary draws on Collins extensive language databases and covers many literary and rare words useful for crossword solvers and compilers as well as Scrabble players.
Ideal for use at work and at home, new words and new meanings are tracked by experienced Collins lexicographers and expert language specialists who monitor language change around the world. This, along with new word suggestions from the public, ensures that Collins English Dictionary truly is the home of living language. And with comprehensive, up-to-date and reliable information on people and places, you have thousands of fascinating facts and figures at your fingertips.
Ideal for use at work and at home, new words and new meanings are tracked by experienced Collins lexicographers and expert language specialists who monitor language change around the world. This, along with new word suggestions from the public, ensures that Collins English Dictionary truly is the home of living language. And with comprehensive, up-to-date and reliable information on people and places, you have thousands of fascinating facts and figures at your fingertips.
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a breadlike cake containing apple , nuts , and sugar, originating in Germany
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fur
It was a thick wood of and oak trees.
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