Search Chambers
Consult Chambers 21st Century Dictionary, The Chambers Thesaurus (1996) or Chambers Biographical Dictionary (1997 edition with amendments). Enter your search and choose your title from the drop-down menu.
O1 or o noun (Oes, Os, or o's) 1 the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet. 2 the shape of this letter formed his mouth into an O. 3 in telephone, etc jargon: zero; nought.
O3 abbreviation 1 Ocean. 2 (also o) octavo. 3 see under OH. 4 Old. 5 ordinary, in eg O level or O Grade.
O4 symbol 1 chem oxygen. 2 an ABO blood group system.
O' prefix in surnames of Irish Gaelic origin: descendant of (a specified person).
ETYMOLOGY: 18c: from Irish Gaelic ó or ua grandson or descendant, from earlier aue.
o' prep, chiefly archaic & dialect 1 short form of of. See also o'clock. 2 short form of on.
-o suffix, slang or colloquial, forming nouns (plural -os) signifying an abbreviation or diminutive wino aggro.
-
The Chambers Dictionary (13th edition)
“Chambers is the one I keep at my right hand”- Philip Pullman.
The unrivalled dictionary for word lovers, now in its 13th edition.
-
The Chambers Thesaurus
The Chambers Thesaurus (4th Edition) is a veritable treasure-trove, including the greatest selection of alternative words and phrases available in an A to Z format. -
Chambers Biographical Dictionary
“Simply all you need to know about anyone” – Fay Weldon.
Thoroughly revised and updated for its 9th edition.
Consult Chambers 21st Century Dictionary, The Chambers Thesaurus (1996) or Chambers Biographical Dictionary (1997 edition with amendments). Enter your search and choose your title from the drop-down menu.
Search Tip
A wildcard is a special character you can use to replace one or more characters in a word. There are two types of wildcard. The first is a question mark ?, which matches a single character. The second is an asterisk *, which matches zero or more characters. The two kinds of wildcard can be mixed in a single search.
View More Search Tips