GUIDE WORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guide word mean? 

• GUIDE WORD (noun)
  The noun GUIDE WORD has 1 sense:

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUIDE WORD (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

catchword; guide word; guideword

Hypernyms ("guide word" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)