SPELL-CHECKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spell-checker mean? 

• SPELL-CHECKER (noun)
  The noun SPELL-CHECKER has 1 sense:

1. an electronic dictionary in a word processor that can be used to catch misspelled words

  Familiarity information: SPELL-CHECKER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPELL-CHECKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An electronic dictionary in a word processor that can be used to catch misspelled words

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

spell-checker; spelling checker

Hypernyms ("spell-checker" is a kind of...):

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