Photographic Dictionary

Believe it or not, most people have a photographic dictionary between their ears. When we hear or read a familiar word, we access that photographic dictionary to visualize an image that helps us to understand the word’s meaning. To give you an example, when I hear the word “superstition,” I can immediately imagine a person finding a four-leaf clover, walking beneath a ladder, or opening an umbrella indoors. 

For people who struggle to build vocabulary, this photographic dictionary might be lacking. They may have trouble connecting words to definitions because they struggle to visualize. 

With that in mind, the photographic dictionary is a website “dedicated to defining words through the literal, figurative, and personal meanings found in [photographs].” Parents, I encourage you to look around.  Though the site is certainly still growing, I’m sure there are other similar ones out there that can help to supplement the children’s dictionaries you likely have on your bookshelves.

http://www.thephotographicdictionary.org/home.html