wordbook
wordbook — noun
1. a book that brings together a group of words and tells you what they mean, used
a book that brings together a group of words and tells you what they mean, used as a small dictionary or a list of important words for a certain subject
Chiara bought a small wordbook of medical terms before starting nursing school.
collocation: wordbook of [subject]
The wordbook on Eshe's desk lists every plant name found in the forest.
Niran found an old wordbook at the library with handwritten notes in the margins.
Naoko used a beginner's wordbook to look up Japanese words during her first year.
Dahlia prefers her grandfather's worn leather wordbook to any online dictionary for daily use.
- dictionary
the most common general term; a wordbook is usually shorter or more focused in scope
- glossary
a word list typically found at the end of a book, covering only that book's terms
- vocabulary
can mean a wordbook, but often refers to the set of words a person knows or a language has
用法筆記
Wordbook is less common than 'dictionary' in everyday speech, but it often appears in the titles of specialised reference works and in older or literary English.