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ENTRY WORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does entry word mean? 

ENTRY WORD (noun)
  The noun ENTRY WORD has 1 sense:

1. the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionaryplay

  Familiarity information: ENTRY WORD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ENTRY WORD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

citation form; entry word; main entry word

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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