OPEN-CLASS WORD
Dictionary entry overview: What does open-class word mean?
• OPEN-CLASS WORD (noun)
The noun OPEN-CLASS WORD has 1 sense:
1. a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
Familiarity information: OPEN-CLASS WORD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OPEN-CLASS WORD (noun)
Meaning:
A word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
content word; open-class word
Hypernyms ("open-class word" is a kind of...):
word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)
Meronyms (parts of "open-class word"):
lexical meaning (the meaning of a word that depends on the nonlinguistic concepts it is used to express)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "open-class word"):
head word; headword (a word that is qualified by a modifier)
noun (a word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing)
verb (a content word that denotes an action or a state)
modifier; qualifier (a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb)
