Subscriber login
Password
Forgot your password?
Library card login
Login with Shibboleth® »
Login with Athens »
Close menu
Oxford Dictionaries Online
The world's most trusted dictionaries
About
Subscriber services
What's new
Contact us
Help
Subscribe now
Already a subscriber or in a subscribing organization?
Login
Dictionary
Other language resources
US English
World English
Dictionary
Better writing
World of words
Puzzles and games
For children and schools
For learners of English
Email
Cite
dreamcatcher
(dream|catch¦er)
Pronunciation:
/ˈdriːmkatʃə(r)/
noun
a small hoop containing a horsehair mesh decorated with feathers and beads, believed by American Indians to give its owner good dreams.
More words in this category
Arapaho
camas
Carib
Cariban
Comanche
Huron
igloo
Kwakiutl
Mapuche
Mayan
medicine
medicine man
Muskogee
2
Otomi
Palaeo-Indian
Pima
Potawatomi
Shoshone
sneezeweed
Tsimshian
Nearby Words
dreaded
dreadful
dreadfully
dreadlocks
dreadnought
dream
dream team
dream ticket
dreamboat
dreamcatcher
dreamer
Dreaming
dreaming spires
dreamland
dreamlike
dreamscape
Dreamtime
dreamwork
dreamworld