Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: header
IPA transcription: [h'ɛdɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: header
    Meaning: a headlong jump (or fall); "he took a header into the shrubbery"
  • Synonyms: header
    Meaning: (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head
  • Synonyms: header
    Meaning: a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon
  • Synonyms: header
    Meaning: 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
  • Synonyms: header, coping, cope
    Meaning: brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
  • Synonyms: header, lintel
    Meaning: horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
  • Synonyms: heading, header, head
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • "Didn't shoot her; broke my gun when I took that header down the mountain.
  • The little Wares all swam like ducks; and no one thought of being nervous or apprehensive if Harry struck out boldly for the jetty, or if Erma and Phyllis were seen side by side at a point far beyond the depth of either of them, or little Dolly took a "header" into deep water off an old boat.