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Asked: 2026-05-23T07:08:11+00:00

can I use definition lists just like unordered/ordered lists? I mean insert DIVs any

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can I use definition lists just like unordered/ordered lists?

I mean insert DIVs any anything I want inside DT or DD?

<dl>
  <dt>
    ...
  </dt>
  <dd>
    ...
  </dd>
</dl>

Do any browsers, or search engines complain?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Updated answer based on comments:

    This was originally answered in 2011 for HTML 4, but the answer is different for HTML5:

    dt
    Flow content, but with no header, footer, sectioning content, or heading content descendants.
    dd
    Flow content.

    Original answer:

    DT elements should contain inline content.
    DD elements should contain block-level content.

    Definition lists vary only slightly
    from other types of lists in that list
    items consist of two parts: a term and
    a description. The term is given by
    the DT element and is restricted to
    inline content. The description is
    given with a DD element that contains
    block-level content.

    Source: W3C

    This question is also an interesting read: Why use definition lists (DL,DD,DT) tags for HTML forms instead of tables?

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