Definition of Header

1. Noun. A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about. "The heading seemed to have little to do with the text"

Exact synonyms: Head, Heading
Specialized synonyms: Crosshead, Crossheading, Headline, Newspaper Headline, Lemma, Rubric, Running Head, Running Headline, Subhead, Subheading, Rubric, Statute Title, Title
Generic synonyms: Line
Derivative terms: Head, Head

2. Noun. Horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window.
Exact synonyms: Lintel
Generic synonyms: Beam

3. Noun. Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall.
Exact synonyms: Cope, Coping
Generic synonyms: Brick
Group relationships: Wall

4. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Beam

5. Noun. A machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon.
Generic synonyms: Harvester, Reaper

6. Noun. (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head.
Generic synonyms: Hit, Hitting, Striking
Category relationships: Association Football, Soccer

7. Noun. A headlong jump (or fall). "He took a header into the shrubbery"
Generic synonyms: Jump, Jumping

Definition of Header

1. n. One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

Definition of Header

1. a grain harvester [n -S]

Medical Definition of Header

1. A pipe from which two or more tributary pipes run. (05 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Header

headboards
headcase
headcases
headcheese
headcheeses
headcount
headcounter
headcounts
headdress
headdress
headdresses
headed
headend
headends
header (current term)
header (current term)
headers
headfast
headfasts
headfirst
headfish
headfish
headfishes
headforemost
headful
headfuls
headgate
headgates
headgear
headgear

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