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head word

DEFINITIONS OF: head word

1

n a content word that can be qualified by a modifier

Synonyms:
headword
Type of:
content word, open-class word
a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned

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

Synonyms:
head
Type of:
word
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
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