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The phrase "a generic word for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when explaining that a particular term can refer to a broader category or concept.
Example: "The term 'vehicle' is a generic word for any mode of transportation, including cars, trucks, and bicycles."
Alternatives: "a broad term for" or "a general term for".
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Varieties include the duff (also a generic word for such drums), bandīr, ṭār, and dāʾirah.
Swami is a generic word for "god" and was applied to a type of silverware combining European forms with Hindu images.
In India, this dish is known as palak paneer – saag is actually just a generic word for greens, but mustard leaves, purslane and fresh fenugreek being harder to come by in the UK, spinach, or palak, is generally used.
For a final stop, grab a nieve (snow), a generic word for frozen desserts, at another museum of sorts, the Museo de Nieves Manolo (Alcalá 706; 52-951-143-9253).
It is a generic word for a close loved one.
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Chu-mik-ba for instance prescribes as signified "a generic object mixed with a generic word".
Can such a generic word as "entrepreneur" truly be trademarked?
We view Tweet as meaning content on Twitter, rather than a generic word.
It is not a generic word, when speaking of nuclear explosions.
Today, aspirin is a generic word in Australia, France, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Jamaica, Colombia, the Philippines, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Dads wear "bubbery car coats"; the generic word for food is "curry"; when you make an opare pregnant, the bargain you enter into is known as "child support".
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