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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a language user's knowledge of words;
[syn: vocabulary, lexicon, mental lexicon]

2. a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them;
[syn: dictionary, lexicon]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lexicon \Lex"i*con\ (l[e^]ks"[i^]*k[o^]n), n. [Gr. lexiko`n (sc. bibli`on), neut. of lexiko`s of or belonging to words, fr. le`xis a speaking, speech, a way of speaking, a single word or phrase, fr. le`gein to say, to speak. See Legend.] A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable number of them, with the definition of each; a dictionary; especially, a dictionary of the Greek, Hebrew, or Latin language. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lexicon n 1: a language user's knowledge of words [syn: vocabulary, lexicon, mental lexicon] 2: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them [syn: dictionary, lexicon]