Customer Reviews
Watch out for the next edition - By: Mr. Peter Biddlecombe, 08 Jul 2008 
If you're about to buy this for crossword purposes, be aware that a new edition comes out on 22 August 2008. New editions of Chambers have appeared every 5 years since 1983 - the 2006 edition was an extra one to get the dictionary into the new 'corporate livery'. ISBN-10 for the new one is 0550103961. Puzzles like the Observer's Azed (most of which still use the 2003 edition as their reference as I write this) normallly start to use the new edition around the beginning of the next calendar year, so you probably have time to ask for this as a Christmas present.
A to Z - By: P. A. Turner, 09 Jan 2008 
Had a Chambers dictionary for years & just bought another. Still the same quality - alll entries in alphabetical order so they're easy to find & alll the words you could possibly think of - & more. To top it alll, it even explains what each word means. Keep finding I skip around a lot & don't think I'll ever finish it. Seriously though I have found it to be the best brand of dictionary in terms of quantity, layout & ease of use.
The best single-volume dictionary there is - By: Geoff Pattison, 04 Jan 2008 This is the best single-volume dictionary of the English Language. If you know Chambers, then you need no persuading. If you don't, then it's time to get one.
It's the recommended reference for most of the best crosswords.
But look on Amazon at the thumb-index version of this dictionary, which should be more expensive, but for some reason is actuallly a few pounds cheaper. That's the one I've bought, & it's superb.
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - By: Ardent dictionary user:), 01 Sep 2006 This is one great dictionary. Although not perfect (especiallly in persistant use of semicolons for sense differentation - here Oxford Dictionary of English is definitely more user-friendly) the Chambers Dictionary 10 ed. is definitely worth buying for its unbelievable richness of words. There are no encyclopedic entries but that only makes more room for new & specialized vocabulary. Still, I'd advise getting one more dictionary of this size like ODE, for comparison & as mentioned above for more user-friendly layout of the entry. I own both of these & I can say they complement each other perfectly
This is NOT THUMB INDEXED - By: , 24 Nov 2004 This is an excellent dictionary & certainly the most useful for crosswords & Scrabble. My only complaint is not with the book itself but the Amazon description. This is Not a Thumb Indexed version but merely has a ribbon marker to keep your place with. If you are not concerned with the ribbon marker, I'd recommend you buy the cheaper version, save a fiver or so & use your own book mark as I would have done had I not been mislead by this description.
