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GUIDE WORD
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page
Synonyms:
catchword; guide word; guideword
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("guide word" is a kind of...):
word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)