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header
- /ˈhɛdɚ/ US
- /ˈhɛdə/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛdə(ɹ)
noun headers · hdr
- The upper portion of a page (or other) layout. If you reduce the header of this document, the body will fit onto a single page.
- Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it. Your header is too long; "Local Cannibals" will suffice.
- Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table. That column should have the header "payment status".
- A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above. Parts of speech belong in a level-three header. Level-two headers are reserved for the name of the language.
- The first part of a file or record that describes its contents. The header includes an index, an identifier, and a pointer to the next entry.
- Clipping of header file
- the first part of a packet or stream, often containing its address and descriptors. The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.
- 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). This wall has four header courses.
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A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.
Similar: lintel
- A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc. They fed the bale into the header.
- The act of hitting the ball with the head. His header for the goal followed a perfect corner kick.
- Someone who heads the ball.
- A headlong fall, jump or dive. The clown tripped over the other clown and took a header.
- A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system; a header tank.
- A pipe which connects several smaller pipes. Common practice is to use plastic pipes with iron headers.
- The rodeo performer who drives the steer toward the heeler to be tied.
- One who puts a head on something.
- A headcase; a nutjob (mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person).
verb headers · headering · headered · hdr
- To strike (a ball) with one's head.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cope, lintel, coping, caption, heading, headline, subtitle, headlines, letterhead, headend, printhead, usb, collector, manifold, title, commutator
Translations
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noun upper portion of a page layout
| Español | encabezado, encabezamiento, cabecera |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ヘッダー heddā |
| Português | cabeçalho |
| Français | en-tête |
| Deutsch | Kopfzeile |
| Italiano | intestazione |
| Ελληνικά | κεφαλίδα kefalída, κεφαλάρι kefalári |
| Русский | заголо́вок zagolóvok, ве́рхний колонти́тул vérxnij kolontítul, хе́дер m) xɛ́dɛr |
noun text used to mark off a quantity of text
| 한국어 | 헤더 hedeo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ヘッダー heddā |
| Français | chapeau |
| Ελληνικά | κεφαλίδα kefalída |
| Русский | заголо́вок zagolóvok |
noun computing: the first part of a file or record that describes its contents
| Español | cabecera |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 헤더 hedeo |
| 日本語 | ヘッダ hedda |
| Português | cabeçalho |
| Français | en-tête, header |
| Deutsch | Kopfzeile, Header |
| Italiano | header |
| Ελληνικά | κεφαλίδα kefalída |
noun horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening
| Français | linteau |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | κεφαλάρι kefalári, ανώφλι anófli |
noun soccer: act of hitting the ball with the head
| Español | cabezazo, testarazo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 헤딩 heding |
| 日本語 | ヘディング hedingu |
| Português | cabeçada |
| Français | tête |
| Deutsch | Kopfball |
| Italiano | colpo di testa |
| Ελληνικά | κεφαλιά kefaliá |
| Русский | уда́р голово́й udár golovój |
| العربية | رَأْسِيَّة raʔsiyya |
noun headlong fall or jump
| Italiano | caduta di testa, tuffo |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | κουτουλιά koutouliá, κεφαλιά kefaliá |
Talk about this word "header." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/header. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. header. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/header "header." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/header.Cite this
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