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Noun: mental lexicon
  1. A language user's knowledge of words
    "A person's mental lexicon expands as they learn new vocabulary"; "A person's mental lexicon expands as they learn new vocab";
    - vocabulary, lexicon, vocab [informal]

Derived forms: mental lexicons

Type of: cognition, noesis [technical]

Part of: language, speech

Encyclopedia: Mental lexicon