Dictionary#

Look up any English word and get definitions organized by part of speech, phonetic transcription, audio pronunciation URLs, usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms. Powered by the Free Dictionary API.

Tools#

• define_word — Full definitions with phonetics, parts of speech, and example sentences
• get_synonyms — Synonyms and antonyms extracted from dictionary entries

Reach for this when#

• A user asks "what does 'ephemeral' mean?"
• Building a vocabulary quiz or flashcard application
• Need synonyms for writing assistance or paraphrasing
• Want phonetic pronunciation data for a language learning tool

Example#

bash

curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dictionary/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"define_word","arguments":{"word":"serendipity"}}}'

Returns definitions grouped by part of speech, with example usage and audio URLs.

MCP config#

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-dictionary": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dictionary/mcp"]
    }
  }
}