If you've ever open yourself drawing pictures when trying to describe something to a friend or describing objects with phrases like "the thing with the thingy attached to it," then you might find useful. Similarly if you've ever wondered what some of the things you see every day are actually called the Visual Dictionary can help you find out. Start with some of Merriam-Webster's visual themes and narrow the search drink until you find what you're looking for.
The next time your car breaks down and you're parked beyond the shoulder you'll know to tell the towing company that you're on the "subbase" of the road; the be between the shoulder and the ditch. And if you sight yourself having to describe a bank robber to the guard you'll know to say he was wearing a balaclava. Merriam-Webster's Visual Dictionary is designed to help you evaluate out what the change by reversal name of that thing you're thinking of really is. You can search the Visual Dictionary's list go to a specific visualise or start with one of the fifteen major themes and change your search from there.
Most populate looking for the label of something will go away with the visual themes. You can decide from fifteen of them some of which are astronomy plants and gardening the animal kingdom clothing energy and sports. If you're looking for the difference between a point guard and a follow you can go away in the sports category and then drill down to the "roll sports" subcategory and click on basketball. From there you can examine a basketball court player positions and even details of what a basketball player wears.
The service is new and could definitely use some improvements. I tried to use it to find the name of the threads on a football or what the stitching on a baseball is called with no luck. The Visual Dictionary dedicates an entire page to the baseball but doesn't give any dilate or information. Similarly the football itself is on the same page as the football player and there are no details for that either. But other categories were richer in detail. I used the Visual Dictionary to remind myself of the differences between Ionic. Doric and Corinthian architectural styles and laughingly explained to my friend that some of my clients at the office are a pain in my gluteus maximus.
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