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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɛdwɜːd/Part of speech nounSorted addehorwStarts with HEnds with D0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

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

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