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header
[ hed-er ]
noun
- a person or thing that removes or puts a head on something.
- a reaping machine that cuts off and gathers only the heads of the grain.
- a chamber to which the ends of a number of tubes are connected so that water or steam may pass freely from one tube to the other.
- Automotive. an exhaust manifold.
- Building Trades.
- a brick or stone laid in a wall or the like so that its shorter ends are exposed or parallel to the surface. Compare stretcher ( def 5 ).
- a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters.
- Informal. a plunge or dive headfirst, as into water:
He stumbled and took a header into the ditch.
- Soccer. a pass or shot made by heading the ball.
- a sign that is part of or attached to the top of a rack displaying merchandise.
- Computers. a line of information placed at the top of a page for purposes of identification.
header
/ ˈɛə /
noun
- Also calledheader tank a reservoir, tank, or hopper that maintains a gravity feed or a static fluid pressure in an apparatus
- a manifold for distributing a fluid supply amongst a number of passages
- a machine that trims the heads from castings, forgings, etc, or one that forms heads, as in wire, to make nails
- a person who operates such a machine
- a brick or stone laid across a wall so that its end is flush with the outer surface Compare stretcher
- the action of striking a ball with the head
- informal.a headlong fall or dive
- computing
- a block of data on a tape or disk providing information about the size, location, etc, of a file
- ( as modifier )
header label
header card
- dialect.a mentally unbalanced person
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
After the first triple header of the season, there is a week's break before Formula 1 heads to Miami from 2-4 May.
At 1-0 he clattered an effort against the underside of the crossbar, and at 1-1 had a thumping header hit the post.
Murphy's ball in for Fabian Schar at the end of the first half got the finish it deserved when the Newcastle defender glanced a header into the far corner to make it 4-0.
The second was another calamity, Vicario again culpable when he turned home striker Marshall Munetsi's tame header on to Spence when he could have held on, the ball rebounded back into his own goal.
England produced two very different performances in their double header with Belgium in the Women's Nations League - but who stood out?
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