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MAIN ENTRY WORD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does main entry word mean?
• MAIN ENTRY WORD (noun)
The noun MAIN ENTRY WORD has 1 sense:
1. the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary
Familiarity information: MAIN ENTRY WORD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
citation form; entry word; main entry word
Hypernyms ("main entry 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)
Holonyms ("main entry word" is a part of...):
dictionary entry; lexical entry (the entry in a dictionary of information about a word)
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