Usually means: Fixed vocabulary, limited grammatical function.
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  1. closed-class word: Vocabulary.com
  2. closed-class word: Dictionary.com
  3. Closed-class word: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. closed-class word: Rhymezone
  5. closed-class word: FreeDictionary.org
  6. closed-class word: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. closed-class word: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from WordNet (closed-class word)

▸ noun:  a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning


Opposite:
open-class word, content word, lexical word

Types:
pronoun, conjunction, preposition, article, interjection, more...

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Opposite:
open-class word, content word, lexical word

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