lexical entry

English Thesaurus

1. the entry in a dictionary of information about a word (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	entry,
definition	:	an item inserted in a written record (noun.communication)

part holonym	:	headword,
definition	:	a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry) (noun.communication)

part holonym	:	citation form, entry word, main entry word,
definition	:	the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary (noun.communication)

part meronym	:	dictionary, lexicon,
definition	:	a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them (noun.communication)