English noun: header |
1. | header (communication) a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about |
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| Samples | The heading seemed to have little to do with the text.
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| Synonyms | head, heading |
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| Broader (hypernym) | line |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | crosshead, crossheading, headline, lemma, newspaper headline, rubric, rubric, running head, running headline, statute title, subhead, subheading, title |
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2. | header (artifact) horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window |
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| Synonyms | lintel |
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| Broader (hypernym) | beam |
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3. | header (artifact) brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall |
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| Synonyms | cope, coping |
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| Broader (hypernym) | brick |
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| Part meronym | wall |
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4. | header (artifact) 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 |
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| Broader (hypernym) | beam |
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5. | header (artifact) a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon |
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| Broader (hypernym) | harvester, reaper |
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6. | header (act) (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head |
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| Broader (hypernym) | hit, hitting, striking |
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| Domain category | association football, soccer |
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7. | header (act) a headlong jump (or fall) |
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| Samples | He took a header into the shrubbery.
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| Broader (hypernym) | jump, jumping |
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