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ENTRY WORD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary
Synonyms:
citation form; entry word; main entry word
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("entry word" is a kind of...):
descriptor; form; signifier; word form (the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something)
Holonyms ("entry word" is a part of...):
dictionary entry; lexical entry (the entry in a dictionary of information about a word)
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