acronym: Meaning and Definition of

ac•ro•nym

1. a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
2. an acrostic.

1. to make an acronym of: The committee's name has been acronymed MIKE.