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[ hed-er ] / ˈhɛd ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR header ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna 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. Origin of headerFirst recorded in 1400–50, header is from the late Middle English word heder.See head, -er1 Words nearby headerhead count, head dip, headdress, head-dropping test, headed, header, header bond, headfast, headfirst, headfish, head fold Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for headerWell, Uncle John had taken his "header" with a stout heart—who dared to doubt that? The Hill|Horace Annesley Vachell Header should be framed across pipe duct, about eighteen inches therefrom. Convenient Houses|Louis Henry Gibson He rigged up a header attachment to a row-boat, and nipped the heads off at the surface of the water. Oklahoma Sunshine|Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin) Miller So with their horses being driven to a header box the siege had begun. The Land of Lure|Elliott Smith
British Dictionary definitions for header
nounAlso called: header 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 surfaceCompare stretcher (def. 5) 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 card; header label
dialect a mentally unbalanced person Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to headerdunk, descent, immersion, dive, fall, jump, swoop, venture, duck, spree, nosedive, investment, submersion, submergence, belly flop, nose-dive |