NOUN
- a content word that can be qualified by a modifier
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
How To Use head word In A Sentence
- From the association's secretary each member received a package of more or less gorgeous blanks, printed like a billhead, on handsome paper, properly ruled in columns; a bill-head worded something like this -- Life on the Mississippi
- a billhead, on handsome paper, properly ruled in columns; a bill-head worded something like this -- Life on the Mississippi
