bareword

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Synonyms: careworn, foreword, backword, safeword, harewood, bad word, reword, banewort, barwood, barnwood, barford, brewood

Antonyms: careworn, foreword, backword, safeword, harewood, bad word, reword, banewort, barwood, barnwood, barford, brewood

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|programming|mostly|[[Perl]]}} A [[sequence]] of [[text]] [[character]]s in [[source code]] that do not form a [[keyword]] nor part of a [[quoted]] [[string]], and may potentially be interpreted in various ways.

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