headword

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
“
In the example: k'ingxis English headword are given, illustrating different fall! fall over!

View all »
Definitions (5)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (2)

  1. 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. Also called entry word.
  2. noun Grammar A word that may be modified by an adjunct.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (2)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (9)

  • The Random House Dictionary text was keyboarded after writing and each entry was divided and entered in fields assigned to different levels of information (for example ­headword, pronunciation, definitions, etc.).
  • I debolded the headword for consistency, but if anyone (Hayford, John?) wants to bold all headwords, fine - just not a job for aged —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • The unexpected swung dash-most used to show the placement of a headword in an illustrative phrase in a dictionary entry-surprises us. —  dbqp: visualizing poetics
  • In the example: k'ingxis English headword are given, illustrating different fall! fall over! —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • 5 A bullet (•) indicates a shift to another verb which also translates the headword. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 26 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

We are still working on calculating this word's frequency.

Recently looked up

oka · futuristic · wilt · Assimil · widget

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

procrastinate · its not like im ugly people tell me im pretty · be careful! the razor is razor-sharp! · minty-fresh death threat · please stop sucking the monkeybread