| NOUN | communication | encyclopedia, cyclopedia, encyclopaedia, cyclopaedia | 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 |
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| Sounds | ihnsay.klahpiy'diyah; ihnsay.klowpiy'diyah | |
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| Rhymes | Abyssinia ... zinnia: 217 rhymes with iyah... | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | cyclopedia, encyclopaedia, cyclopaedia | |
| Narrower | book of knowledge | An elementary encyclopedia dealing with general knowledge |
| Broader | reference book, reference, reference work, book of facts | A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts |
| Spanish | enciclopedia | |
| Catalan | enciclopèdia | |
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