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.
sake1 noun 1 benefit or advantage; behalf; account • for my sake. 2 purpose; object or aim. for God's or heaven's, etc sake exclamations used in annoyance or when pleading, eg for forgiveness. for old time's sake because of what happened or because it was done in the past • We should go to that bar for old time's sake. for the sake of something for the purpose of or in order to achieve or assure it • You should take these exams for the sake of your future.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon sacu lawsuit.
sake2 or saki noun a Japanese fermented alcoholic drink made from rice.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: Japanese.
-
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