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header.

The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhɛdɚ/General-American/ˈhɛdə/Received-Pronunciation
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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".
  4. A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.

    informal
    Parts of speech belong in a level-three header. Level-two headers are reserved for the name of the language.
  5. 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.
  6. Clipping of header file.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
  7. 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.
  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).

    This wall has four header courses.
  9. A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.

  10. A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.

    They fed the bale into the header.
  11. The act of hitting the ball with the head.

    His header for the goal followed a perfect corner kick.
  12. Someone who heads the ball.

  13. A headlong fall, jump or dive.

    The clown tripped over the other clown and took a header.
  14. A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system; a header tank.

  15. A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.

    Common practice is to use plastic pipes with iron headers.
  16. The rodeo performer who drives the steer toward the heeler to be tied.

  17. One who puts a head on something.

  18. A headcase; a nutjob (mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person).

    Ireland · derogatory
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English header From head + -er.

verb/ˈhɛdɚ/General-American/ˈhɛdə/Received-Pronunciation
  1. To strike (a ball) with one's head.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English header From head + -er.

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