encyclopedias
noun#39,356
Translations
- エンサイクロペディアエンサイクロペディア
- 項目こうもく
- 事典じてん
- 百科ひゃっか
English definition
- a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
Examples
- The salesman talked my parents into buying a set of encyclopedias.
- I went from door to door trying to sell encyclopedias.