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headwords

headwords is the plural of headword.

Meaning of headword

Noun

headword (plural headwords)

  1. 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.

Questions about headwords

What is headwords the plural of?
Headwords is the plural of headword.

Words near headwords in the dictionary

  1. headwinding
  2. headwinds
  3. headwings
  4. headwoman
  5. headword
  6. headwords
  7. headwork
  8. headworker
  9. headworkers
  10. headworks
  11. headwound

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Adapted from Wiktionary: headwords (page history and authors); headword (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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