headword

noun
/ˈhɛdwɜːd/UK/ˈhɛdwɝd/US

Etymology

From head + word. Compare West Frisian haadwurd (“noun, substantive, headword”), Dutch hoofdwoord (“headword”), German Hauptwort (“noun, substantive, headword”), Swedish huvudord (“headword, keyword”).

  1. inherited from *werdʰh₁om — “word
  2. inherited from *wurdą — “word
  3. inherited from *word
  4. inherited from word
  5. inherited from word
  6. compounded as headword — “head + word

Definitions

  1. A word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a…

    A word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.

  2. The head of a phrase.

    • In "a very discerning car shopper", "shopper" is the headword.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for headword. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA