headword
noun [ C ] language specialized uk/ˈhed.wɜːd/ us/ˈhed.wɜ˞ːd/
（词典中的）词目，词头
a word or phrase that is listed separately with its own definition, examples of use, etc. in a dictionary or similar book
The headwords are in bold dark blue type. 词目用的是深蓝色的粗体字。
"Hard line" is not covered under "line" but is a headword in its own right. “Hard line”本身就是一个标题词，并不包括在“line”之下。
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- The syllabication of headwords is not generally an important feature in British dictionaries.
- Because of run-on words (like cunningly and cunningness under cunning), a dictionary that claims 150,000 entries may have no more than 80,000 headwords.
- There are not as many headwords as one might expect to find in other books of this size.
- Entering a word in the Synonym box calls up a list of headwords in alphabetical order.