vocabulary entry

vocabulary entry

noun

{bc}a word (such as the noun {it}book{/it}), hyphenated or open compound (such as the verb {it}book-match{/it} or the noun {it}book review{/it}), word element (such as the affix {it}pro-{/it}), abbreviation (such as {it}agt{/it}), verbalized symbol (such as {it}Na{/it}), or term (such as {it}man in the street{/it}) entered alphabetically in a dictionary for the purpose of definition or identification or expressly included as an inflected form (such as the noun {it}mice{/it} or the verb {it}saw{/it}) or as a derived form (such as the noun {it}godlessness{/it} or the adverb {it}globally{/it}) or related phrase (such as {it}one for the book{/it}) run on at its base word and usually set in a type (such as boldface) readily distinguishable from that of the lightface running text which defines, explains, or identifies the entry