Sentence examples for dictionary stand from inspiring English sources

There is a large dictionary stand with an unabridged dictionary.

In the dining room there is even a portrait of Queen Victoria, along with a dictionary stand and various bric-a-brac collected by Ms. Munro's mother.

Her bookshelf held a row of favorite authorities, including a Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Fowler's Modern English Usage, and Theodore Bernstein's "Miss Thistlebottom's Hobgoblins," and on a dictionary stand was Webster's Second Unabridged.

And if you want to see the definition of "venality" but can't be bothered to look it up in a dictionary, stand outside a gifting suite and watch the likes of those notorious paupers, Trump and Paris Hilton, turning up to be given free jewels, iPads and holidays.

But for this columnist, one online dictionary stands out.

The ANEW dictionary stands out as being considerably less capable of distinguishing positive from negative.

Dictionaries stand in relation to words much like laws stand in relation to societies.

The New Yorker, September 20 , 1947P. 20 Incidental Intelligence: According to Webster's New International Dictionary, F. B. I. Stands for Federation of British Industries.

By Fred Packard and Brendan Gill The New Yorker, September 20 , 1947P. 20 Incidental Intelligence: According to Webster's New International Dictionary, F. B. I. Stands for Federation of British Industries.

A symbol, says the dictionary, is something that stands for something else or a sign used to represent something, "as the lion is the symbol of courage, the cross the symbol of Christianity".

Urban Dictionary says that FOMO stands for "the fear that if you miss a party or an event you will miss out on something great".