WordNet
collegiate dictionary
n. an abridged dictionary of a size convenient to hold in the hand [syn: desk dictionary]
Usage examples of "collegiate dictionary".
There was more than enough room on the bookshelves for Hoke's books: Except for a copy of -Heidi- (overlooked by Patsy when she left him), Harold Robbins's -A Stone for Danny Fisher-, and a -Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary-, Hoke didn't keep any more books in his collection.
Or, if their parents objected, hid them in secret places in their underwear drawers, between pages of Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, beneath their pillows.