Associations to the word «headwords»

Wiktionary

HEADWORD, noun. A word used as the title of a section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus
HEADWORD, noun. (grammar) any word which may be modified by an adjunct

Dictionary definition

HEADWORD, noun. A content word that can be qualified by a modifier.
HEADWORD, noun. A word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry).

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky