def get_def_page(word):
    """Retrieve the definition page for the word of interest.                                                   
                                                                                                                
    """
    import urllib
    url = "http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=%s" % word
    fo = urllib.urlopen(url)
    page = fo.read()
    return page
Retrieve the definition page for the word of interest.                                                   
                                                                                                                
    
recipes/Python/211886_Retrieve_word_definitions_online_dictionary/recipe-211886.py