Oxford Rhyming Dictionary
Oxford Rhyming Dictionary
By Clive and Eben Upton.
Published by Oxford University Press, 2004.
This is a 6" by 9.25" black clothbound book running to 659 pages, plus a brief preferatory section including a discussion of rhymes and some pages on "how to use this dictionary."
There are a lot of rhyming dictionaries out there. This one is a top-quality rhyming dictionary based on the pronunciations given in the Oxford Dictionary of Pronunciation for Current English, which of course gives British pronunciations. It's different from some other rhyming dictionaries in that it has two main sections: first a section grouping words by their ending sounds, and second, an index (that makes up a majority of the book's pages) listing all the words that are included and referring the reader to their locations in the first section.
Words with more similar endings are grouped more closely together, but words with less similar but still similar endings are nearby, which makes the book handy for times when a near-rhyme will do. Rhymes of more than one syllable are linked more closely together.
This is a very good rhyming dictionary, but if you're in the United States and you're only going to purchase one, a rhyming dictionary based on American English would be a better bet.
By Clive and Eben Upton.
Published by Oxford University Press, 2004.
This is a 6" by 9.25" black clothbound book running to 659 pages, plus a brief preferatory section including a discussion of rhymes and some pages on "how to use this dictionary."
There are a lot of rhyming dictionaries out there. This one is a top-quality rhyming dictionary based on the pronunciations given in the Oxford Dictionary of Pronunciation for Current English, which of course gives British pronunciations. It's different from some other rhyming dictionaries in that it has two main sections: first a section grouping words by their ending sounds, and second, an index (that makes up a majority of the book's pages) listing all the words that are included and referring the reader to their locations in the first section.
Words with more similar endings are grouped more closely together, but words with less similar but still similar endings are nearby, which makes the book handy for times when a near-rhyme will do. Rhymes of more than one syllable are linked more closely together.
This is a very good rhyming dictionary, but if you're in the United States and you're only going to purchase one, a rhyming dictionary based on American English would be a better bet.