Definition of head word Head word
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What does head word mean?
WordNet
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| head word - a content word that can be qualified by a modifier | ||
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| content word, open-class word a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned | ||
| head word - (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent | ||
| head | ||
| word a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" | ||
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