Dimensions
252 x 194 x 73mm
Australia's National Dictionary.
Third Edition.
This new edition of 'The Macquarie Dictionary' contains 110,000 headwords, including new words of World English such as ecotourism, bad hair day and ethnic cleansing. Also covered are regionalisms from around Australia, Aboriginal English words with broad currency, encyclopedic entries covering recent events and people and new specialist words such as computer terms and medical terms. Also included are quotes from Australian writers to illustrate meanings.