English Explanatory Dictionary

header

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
  2. Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.
  3. Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.
  4. A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.
  5. The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.
  6. Clipping of header file.
  7. the first part of a packet or stream, often containing its address and descriptors.
  8. A brick that is laid sideways (on its largest face), for example at the top of a wall or within the brickwork, with its smallest side showing (oriented so that that side is wider than it is tall).
  9. A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.
  10. A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.
  11. The act of hitting the ball with the head.
  12. Someone who heads the ball.
verb
  1. To strike (a ball) with one's head.

Pronunciation

hĕd'ər /ˈhɛdɚ/ /ˈhɛdə/ En-us-header.ogg

Word forms

header headers hdr headering headered

Etymology

From head + -er.

Synonyms

head heading bonder coping cope lintel

Derived words

double-header header guard headerless header tank nail header new-header pin header preheader pseudoheader quadruple-header reheader subheader table header triple-header
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