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Chambers Reference Online
The entire Chambers 21st Century Dictionary, The Chambers Thesaurus and the 1997 edition of Chambers Biographical Dictionary are now online. Simply enter the word or person you wish to look up and the relevant entry is instantly delivered.
Chambers Word of the Week
Each week Chambers editor Mo Just looks at a word that is in the news and writes about its origin and its usage.
Chambers Wordwatch
Chambers is committed to keeping abreast of new words and meanings in English. As part of this commitment, Chambers Wordtrack monitors hundreds of new words every month. Chambers editors then decide on whether these new terms should be added to Chambers dictionaries.
In this Wordwatch feature the Chambers editorial team selects one new word every fortnight and gives the Chambers view on its meaning and usage.
In the News...
Find out more about the people making the headlines (biographies, quotations and strange-but-true facts) in this weekly feature.
Chambers Gigglossary
Who said dictionaries have to be dull? The Chambers Dictionary is famous for its witty definitions and now you can try your hand at crafting your own as part of our new Gigglossary project.
