headword

nouns

a content word that can be qualified by a modifier
head word, headword
a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)
headword
is a part of
the entry in a dictionary of information about a word
dictionary entry, lexical entry
is a type of (narrower)
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
"words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
word