#wordoftheday ZERO WASTE – N. a. a situation in which people's activities produce nothing that cannot be reused, repurposed, or recycled; b. (as modifier) a zero-waste economy. ow.ly/nPBb50T8qVm #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #zerowaste

#wordoftheday BOOKWORM – COUNTABLE N. If you describe someone as a bookworm, you mean they are very fond of reading. ow.ly/rG2I50TaLZN #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #bookworm

#wordoftheday BIBLIOTHERAPY – N. the use of reading as therapy ow.ly/CGk350TaMb8 #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #bibliotherapy

#wordoftheday ATHENAEUM – N. 1. an institution for the promotion of learning; 2. a building containing a reading room or library, esp one used by such an institution ow.ly/lG7050TaMnT #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #athenaeum

#wordoftheday SPEEDREAD – V. to read (something) very quickly ow.ly/pz8850TaMPy #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #speedread

#wordoftheday ERUDITE – ADJ. If you describe someone as erudite, you mean that they have or show great academic knowledge. You can also use erudite to describe something such as a book or a style of writing. ow.ly/IaWy50TaN2t #collinsdictionary #words #language #erudite

#wordoftheday BOOKCROSSING – N. the practice of deliberately leaving books in places where they will be found and read by other people ow.ly/Fubp50TaNp4 #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #bookcrossing

#wordoftheday LITERACY – UNCOUNTABLE NOUN: Literacy is the ability to read and write. ow.ly/SSuG50TaNBP #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #literacy

#wordoftheday PAGE-TURNER – COUNTABLE N. You can refer to an exciting novel, such as a thriller, as a page-turner. ow.ly/UotB50TcfwQ #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #pageturner

#wordoftheday MURDER MYSTERY – N. a detective story ow.ly/WCRT50TcfEO #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #murdermystery

#wordoftheday SLEUTH – COUNTABLE N. A sleuth is a detective. ow.ly/nrSW50TcfN4 #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #sleuth

#wordoftheday DETECTIVIST – N. 1. a writer of detective stories; ADJ. 2. like that of a detective or of a detective story writer ow.ly/gU4z50TcfQh #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #detectivist

#wordoftheday WHODUNIT – COUNTABLE N. A whodunit is a novel, movie, or play about a murder that does not tell you who the murderer is until the end. ow.ly/2zx450TcfVH #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #whodunit

#wordoftheday MOUSETRAP – COUNTABLE N. A mousetrap is a small device that catches or kills mice. ow.ly/MY4K50Tcg1f #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #mousetrap

#wordoftheday CHRISTIE – N. Dame Agatha (Mary Clarissa). 1890–1976, British author of detective stories, many featuring Hercule Poirot, and several plays, including The Mousetrap (1952). For more definitions, see ow.ly/bgWr50Tcg5N #collinsdictionary #words #Christie

#wordoftheday EIRENICON – N. a proposition that attempts to harmonize conflicting viewpoints ow.ly/OIm050TmXKX #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #eirenicon

#wordoftheday ARMISTICE – SINGULAR N. An armistice is an agreement between countries who are at war with one another to stop fighting and to discuss ways of making peace. ow.ly/Oag150TmY9p #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #armistice

#wordoftheday CONCORD – UNCOUNTABLE N. Concord is a state of peaceful agreement. For more definitions, see: ow.ly/VGP250TmYmK #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #concord

#wordoftheday IRENOLOGY – N. the study of peace ow.ly/hGJZ50TmYxC #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #irenology

#wordoftheday OLIVE BRANCH – COUNTABLE N. If you offer an olive branch to someone, you say or do something in order to show that you want to end a disagreement or quarrel. ow.ly/SgIZ50TmYJI #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #olivebranch