Definition of: vocabulary entry

1. A word or term given in a vocabulary.
2. A word, term, or phrase entered in a dictionary, in some readily distinguishable type, for purposes of definition or identification. Vocabulary entries may be listed in alphabetical place (main entries), run in within a main entry (additional parts of speech, inflected forms, idioms, etc.), run on at the end of an entry (derivatives and related words), listed under a word, prefix, or combining form (self–explanatory compounds and two–word phrases), or entered in a special section of the book. In this dictionary, all vocabulary entries are shown in boldface type or preceded by a boldface em–dash.