lexical meaning

English Thesaurus

1. the meaning of a content word that depends on the nonlinguistic concepts it is used to express (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	import, meaning, significance, signification,
definition	:	the message that is intended or expressed or signified (noun.communication)

part meronym	:	content word, open-class word,
definition	:	a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned (noun.communication)