NTC's Dictionary of Commonplace Words in Real-Life Contexts (Properly Bookmarked)

394 Pages·1997·16.788 MB·English

by  Anne Bertram

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Dictionar
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COMMONPIACE
WORDS
REAL-LIFE CONTEXTS
Anne Bertram
An Essential Guide
to the Everyday Objects
in American Life
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COMMONPLACE
WORDS
REAL-LIFE CONTEXTS
Anne Bertram
Printed on recyclable paper
NTC Publishing Group
Lincolnwood, Illinois USA
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bertram, Anne.
NTC’s dictionary of commonplace words in real-life contexts / Anne
Bertram.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8442-0845-0 (hardcove. - ISBN 0-8442-0846-9 (pbk.)
1. English language-United States-Terms and phrases. 2. Home
economics—Dictionaries. 3. Americanisms—Dictionaries. I. Title.
PE2389.B37 1997
423M-dc20 96-26183
CIP
© 1997 by NTC Publishing Group, 4255 West Touhy Avenue,
Lincolnwood (Chicago), Illinois 60646-1975 U.S.A.
All rights reserved. Except for use in a review, the reproduction or
utilization of this work in any form or by any electronic, mechanical,
or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including scanning,
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is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher.
Manufactured in the United States of America.
67890 BC 9876S987654321
Contents
Introduction vii
Dictionary of Commonplace Words 1
Topical Index 341
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Introduction
This is a dictionary about the commonplace things and ac¬
tivities associated with getting along in modern American
society. Gadgets and machines in the home and workplace,
as well as the vehicles that take us from home to work, pre¬
sent hundreds of special terms necessary for survival in the
modern world. This dictionary includes terms commonly
encountered in instructions for practical, everyday tasks,
such as home maintenance, yard work, TV, VCR, and stereo
operation, car repair, cooking, and computer use. The up-to-
date word list deals with sewing, communications, plumbing,
gardening, sports, hair care, construction, tools, kitchen ap¬
pliances, travel, safety, and electronics, among other topics.
Going beyond the simple linking of a word and an object,
the goal is to help users make these commonplace words a
part of their everyday vocabulary.
The dictionary also provides a category index that lists all
of the terms in a particular subject area. The dictionaiy is a
boon to the new-to-English citizen as well as native speakers
of English who are new to domestic matters or to the de¬
tails of home maintenance.
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