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Meanings of head word in English

Catalan
nucli
Spanish
núcleo

A content word that can be qualified by a modifier.

        nucli

        (Grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent.

              Synonyms
              Examples for "headword"
              Examples for "headword"
              1
              A headword can be a noun or a verb or, less frequently, an adjective.
              The Irish Times
              2
              This third section has approximately 500 headwords, again in alphabetical order, and these form the conceptual categories under which all the other words are grouped.
              The Irish Times
              Usage of head word in English
              1
              As these thoughts and feelings swept disjointedly through his busy head word was sent out to him that he might see the district-attorney.
              Phantom Wires: A Novel
              2
              And he ketched me grinning over his shoulder when I read them heading words after that old lunkhead of a Prophet passed him the paper.
              When Egypt Went Broke: A Novel
              Translations for head word
              Catalan
              nucli
              Spanish
              núcleo