Look it Up by Looking at It: Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary
December 3, 2007
Finally, you can find out the name of those little holes in your shoe you thread the laces through (eyelet). The Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary Online sorts pictures of words by category (home, transportation, astronomy, sports and games, all kinds of stuff). You can then look at the pictures to visually identify what you’re looking for.
The Visual Dictionary works great at helping students figure out a specific part for a complex thing like, say, a combustion engine. Or you identify that spider crawling on your desk to see if it’s poisonous. And best of all, you no longer have to describe something as, “That doohickey that detaches from the thing.” –BILL FERRIS
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