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subheadwords

subheadwords is the plural of subheadword.

Meaning of subheadword

Noun

subheadword (plural subheadwords)

  1. A subordinate headword.
    • The "Terms" number is the total number of words and lexical phrases, including sub-headwords and other nested lexical items, but exclusive of variants.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 297

Questions about subheadwords

What is subheadwords the plural of?
Subheadwords is the plural of subheadword.

Words near subheadwords in the dictionary

  1. subheadline
  2. subheadlines
  3. subheadquarters
  4. subheads
  5. subheadword
  6. subheadwords
  7. subhealth
  8. subheap
  9. subheaps
  10. subhed
  11. subhedging

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subheadwords (page history and authors); subheadword (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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