LEXICAL ENTRY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The entry in a dictionary of information about a word

Synonyms:

dictionary entry; lexical entry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("lexical entry" is a kind of...):

entry (an item inserted in a written record)

Meronyms (parts of "lexical entry"):

headword (a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry))

citation form; entry word; main entry word (the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary)

Holonyms ("lexical entry" is a part of...):

dictionary; lexicon (a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them)