SPOKEN WORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spoken word mean? 

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

1. a word that is spoken aloud

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPOKEN WORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A word that is spoken aloud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

spoken word; vocable

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

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

 Context examples 

I have tried, by the spoken word, just now, to describe to you the effect on me of the scent of the grass.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)