headwords

/HH EH1 D W ER0 D Z/
noun
  1. 1

    A word used as the title of a section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus

  2. 2

    (grammar) any word which may be modified by an adjunct

    “In "a very discerning car shopper", "shopper" is the headword.”

Synonyms

head

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/headword, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/headwords

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