English noun: closed-class word | |||
| 1. | closed-class word (communication) a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning | ||
| Synonyms | function word | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | word | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative, determinative, determiner, particle, preposition, pronoun | ||
| Part holonym | grammatical meaning | ||