Definition that contains word form
- blend a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
- contraction a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds
- acronym a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word
- lexis all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function
- portmanteau a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
- stemming algorithm an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem
- stemmer an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem
- ghost word a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error
- reduplication a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)
- portmanteau word a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings