Vocabulary

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vocabulary \Vo*cab"u*la*ry\ (v[-o]*k[a^]b"[-u]*l[asl]*r[y^]),
     n.; pl. {Vocabularies}. [LL. vocabularium, vocabularius: cf.
     F. vocabulaire. See {Vocable}.]
     1. A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical
        order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a
        whole language, a single work or author, a branch of


        science, or the like; a word-book.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The "vocabulary" of this dictionary referred to within
           the definitions of certain collocations are those words
           serving as headwords for main entries, and
           distinguished from word combinations ("collocations")
           which follow the main part of certain entries. In the
           XML-tagged version, these headwords are marked by the
           tags

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vocabulary
       n 1: a listing of the words used in some enterprise
       2: a language user's knowledge of words [syn: {lexicon}, {mental
          lexicon}]
       3: the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of
          expression (as in arts or crafts); "he introduced a wide
          vocabulary of techniques"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "vocabulary":
     argot, biographical dictionary, cant, chemical dictionary,
     desk dictionary, dialect dictionary, dictionary,
     dictionary of quotations, electronics dictionary,
     etymological dictionary, foreign-language dictionary, gazetteer,
     general dictionary, geological dictionary, gibberish, gloss,
     glossary, gobbledygook, gradus, jargon, language, lexicon, lexis,
     lingo, mumbo jumbo, nomenclator, onomasticon, palaver, patois,
     patter, phrase book, phraseology, polyglot dictionary, promptorium,
     rhyming dictionary, scatology, science dictionary, slang,
     slang dictionary, specialized dictionary, stock of words,
     synonym dictionary, synonymy, taboo language, terminology,
     thesaurus, treasury of words, unabridged dictionary, verbal,
     verbiage, vernacular, vocabular, vulgar language, word list,
     wordage, wordbook, wordhoard, words