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GUIDEWORD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does guideword mean?
• GUIDEWORD (noun)
The noun GUIDEWORD 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: GUIDEWORD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("guideword" is a kind of...):
word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)
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