main entry word

English Thesaurus

1. the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	descriptor, form, signifier, word form,
definition	:	the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something (noun.communication)

part meronym	:	dictionary entry, lexical entry,
definition	:	the entry in a dictionary of information about a word (noun.communication)