open-class word

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Noun

open-class word - a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned

content 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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content word head word headword lexical meaning modifier noun qualifier verb word			shares clusters of the open-class words that Shakespeare (and no other writer of the period as far as is known) had in 1612 is made possible by recently available electronic text collections for the period. Empirically determining Shakespeare's idolect by Lancashire, Ian / Shakespeare Studies			open set open shop open sight open slather open society open space open spaces open stock open system open texture open unimproved wet space open universe Open University open up open verdict Open vowel open weave open-air open-air market open-air marketplace open-and-shut open-and-shut case open-angle glaucoma open-cast open-chain open-class word open-collared open-cut mining open-door open-door policy open-end open-end credit open-end fund open-end investment company open-end trust open-end wrench open-ended open-eyed open-face sandwich open-faced open-field Open-front furnace open-handed open-handedness Open-headed open-heart open-heart surgery open-hearted open-hearth open-hearth furnace open-hearth process			open-cavity tympanomastoidectomy open-cell foam open-center plan position indicator open-chain Open-chain compound Open-chain compound open-chain exercise open-chest open-chest open-chest open-chest open-chest Open-Chest Cardiac Massage open-circle deoxyribonucleic acid Open-circuit Open-circuit Open-circuit Open-Circuit and Short-Circuit Method Open-Circuit Breathing Apparatus open-circuit breathing system open-circuit grinding open-circuit grouting open-circuit impedance open-circuit jack open-circuit potential open-circuit scuba open-circuit signaling Open-circuit voltage Open-Circuit Voltage Decay open-circuited line open-class word Open-Closed Principle open-collar worker open-collared Open-cut mining Open-cut mining open-cycle engine open-cycle gas turbine open-cycle reactor system open-delta connection open-die forging Open-Domain Question Answering open-door open-door open-door policy open-door policy open-drop anesthesia open-end open-end open-end open-end block Open-End Companies Open-End Companies Open-End Companies Open-End Company Open-End Company Open-End Company Open-End Contract Open-End Contract Open-End Contract Open-End Contract

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