A word that is qualified by a modifier

• A word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)
• Dictionary entry in bold

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A typical problem might be to answer the question: How many headwords belong to more than one part of speech? ▪ Collocations are similar to dictionary definitions in as much as they can be expressed as a headword followed by ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A headword , head word , lemma , or sometimes catchword is the word under which a set of related dictionary or encyclopaedia entries appear. The headword is used to locate the entry, and dictates its alphabetical position. Depending on the size and nature ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
main entry word \main entry word\ n. The form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary; also called entry word , headword , and lemma . Syn: citation form, entry word, headword, lemma. Note: In different languages, different ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 a word used as the title of a section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus 2 (context grammar English) any word which may be modified by an adjunct

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a word that is qualified by a modifier [syn: head word ] a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)