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headword
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun headword has 2 senses
- headword(n = noun.communication) head word - a content word that can be qualified by a modifier; Array is a kind of content word, open-class word
- headword(n = noun.communication) Array - a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry); Array is a kind of word
is a part of phrase
is a part of dictionary entry, lexical entry
CIDE DICTIONARY
headword, n.
- a word that is qualified by a modifier. [WordNet 1.5]
- a word placed at the beginning of a line, paragraph, or short article (as in a dictionary or encyclopedia entry); the word which forms the title of an entry in a dictionary. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
headword, n. a word forming a heading, e.g. of an entry in a dictionary or encyclopaedia.
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