entry word

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   the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary

   Synonymscitation formmain entry word

   Broaderform

   Part oflexical entry

Questions about entry word

What does entry word mean?

entry word means "the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary".

What is another word for entry word?

Close synonyms include citation form, main entry word. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is entry word a common word?

entry word is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.