My favourite monoligual dictionary is the Merriam-Webster online. Write the word you're seraching for in the bar...
... and get the definition(s):
BE or AE?
Lexicon, ortography and pronunciation are sometimes different in British English or American English. In the UK you take a lift from the ground floor to the seventh, in the USA you use an elevator.
In London red is a colour, but in New York it's a color.
At Buckingham Palace you will eat \tə-ˈmā-(ˌ)tō- es, at the White House they will serve you \tə-ˈmeɪ-(ˌ)tō- es.
The dictionary presents all these distinctions, plus an icon for the pronunciation.
How do you pronounce "Queequeg"?
http://www.howjsay.com/ is a "talking dictionary" of English pronunciation. Click howjsay on top of the page. Write the word you want to hear pronounced:
and "submit". On the next page your entry will appear in pink:
Put the mouse over the word to hear it pronounced.
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