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lexical set

lexical set noun: a group of words that share a particular phonological feature.

Noun

lexical set (plural lexical sets)

  1. A group of words that share a particular phonological feature.

Forms of lexical set

plurallexical sets

Questions about lexical set

What does lexical set mean?
Lexical set means a group of words that share a particular phonological feature.
What part of speech is lexical set?
Lexical set is a noun.
What is the plural of lexical set?
The plural of lexical set is lexical sets.

Words near lexical set in the dictionary

  1. lexical resources
  2. lexical scope
  3. lexical scopes
  4. lexical scoping
  5. lexical semantics
  6. lexical set
  7. lexical sets
  8. lexical simplification
  9. lexical substitution
  10. lexical unit
  11. lexical units

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