header
(noun)
noun
1. a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
Similar word(s): head, heading
Definition categories: communication, line
2. horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
Similar word(s): lintel
Definition categories: man–made, beam
3. brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
Definition categories: man–made, brick
4. 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
Definition categories: man–made, beam
5. a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon
Definition categories: man–made, harvester, reaper
6. (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head
Definition categories: act, hit, hitting, striking
7. a headlong jump (or fall)
- he took a header into the shrubbery
Definition categories: act, jump, jumping
Sentences with header as a noun:
- If you reduce the header of this document, the body will fit onto a single page.
- Your header is too long; "Local Cannibals" will suffice.
- That column should have the header "payment status".
- Parts of speech belong in a level-three header. Level-two headers are reserved for the name of the language.
- This wall has four header courses.
- They fed the bale into the header.
- His header for the goal followed a perfect corner kick.
- The clown tripped over the other clown and took a header.
- The header includes an index, an identifier, and a pointer to the next entry.
- The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.
- Common practice is to use plastic pipes with iron headers.