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thesaurus
noun
the·sau·rus
thi-ˈsȯr-əs
plural thesauri
thi-ˈsȯr-ˌī
-ˌē
or thesauruses
thi-ˈsȯr-ə-səz 1
a
: a book of words or of information about a particular field or set of concepts
especially
: a book of words and their synonyms
b
: a list of subject headings or descriptors usually with a cross-reference system for use in the organization of a collection of documents for reference and retrieval
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