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ROOT WORD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does root word mean?
• ROOT WORD (noun)
The noun ROOT WORD has 1 sense:
1. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
Familiarity information: ROOT WORD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
base; radical; root; root word; stem; theme
Context example:
thematic vowels are part of the stem
Hypernyms ("root 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)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
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