An explanatory dictionary or defining dictionary is a
dictionary
A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by radical and stroke for ideographic languages), which may include information on definitions, usage, etymologies ...
that provides definitions of word meanings at its entries.
It may give additional information on
pronunciation,
grammar,
etymology, and so on. In practice, it is equivalent to a monolingual general dictionary.
Such dictionaries are usually meant for native speakers of the language.
References
Dictionaries by type
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