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con·tent word

 (kŏn′tĕnt′)
n.
A word, such as a noun, verb, or adjective, that has a statable lexical meaning, rather than indicating a syntactic function, as a function word does.
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content word

(ˈkɒntɛnt)
n
(Linguistics) a word to which an independent meaning can be given by reference to a world outside any sentence in which the word may occur. Compare function word, lexical meaning
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con′tent word`


n.
a word, typically a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb, that carries semantic content, bearing reference to the world independently of its use within a particular sentence (disting. from function word).
[1935–40]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.content word - a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
open-class word
word - 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"
head word, headword - a content word that can be qualified by a modifier
noun - a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
verb - a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
modifier, qualifier - a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
lexical meaning - the meaning of a content word that depends on the nonlinguistic concepts it is used to express
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