noun. A word, phrase, or name, usually set in boldface or other distinctive type, that serves as the heading for an entry in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or similar reference work.

noun. A word that may be modified by an adjunct.

noun. A word put as a title (and printed usually in a distinctive type) at the head of a paragraph, as the words in full-face at the beginning of the several articles in this dictionary; a title-word; a word constituting a heading or a side-head.

noun. a word that is qualified by a modifier.

noun. a word placed at the beginning of a line, paragraph, or short article (as in a dictionary or encyclopedia entry); the word which forms the title of an entry in a dictionary.

noun. a word used as the title of a section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus

noun. any word which may be modified by an adjunct

noun. a content word that can be qualified by a modifier

noun. (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

noun. a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)

noun. a content word that can be qualified by a modifier

"Each headword is listed with its translation, part of speech, and pronunciation."

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