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Definition: Header |
HeaderNoun1. Horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window. 2. Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall. 3. 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. 4. A machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon. 5. (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head. 6. A headlong jump (or fall); "he took a header into the shrubbery". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "header" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Header 1. The portion of a packet, preceding the actual data, containing source and destination addresses, error checking and other fields. 2. The part of an electronic mail message or news article that precedes the body of a message and contains, among other things, the sender's name and e-mail address and the date and time the message was sent. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Building & Civil Engineering | One of a series of large stones built-in across a wall at intervals to bind the stones on the face of the wall to those on the other side. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A nearly horizontal under inlet. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A structure installed at the head or upper end of a gully to prevent overall cutting. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Electrical Engineering | A conducting base on which a semiconductor chip is mounted, often part of a glass-metal seal assembly. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Machine for cutting back the tops of plants. Source: European Union. (references) |
General | Board giving exhibitor's name in an exhibition or indicating the purposes of service desks in a conference reception area. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | A wall or barrier at either end of a motor truck or trailer body to prevent the shifting of cargo on stopping or starting. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | A brick laid on the flat or on edge with its length perpendicular to the wall. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Pieces of plank--longer than a cap--extending over more of the roof and supported by two props, one at each end b. An entry-boring machine, called a road header, which bores the entire section of the entry in one operation c. The person in charge of driving a heading d. A rock that heads off or delays progress e. A blasthole at or above the head f. A masonry unit laid flat with its greatest dimension perpendicular to the face of the wall; generally used to tie two wythes of masonry together g. A large pipe into which one set of boilers is connected by suitable nozzles or tees, or similar large pipes from which a number of smaller ones lead to consuming points. Headers are essentially branch pipes withmany outlets, which are usually parallel. (references) |
Occupations | Supervises and coordinates activities of STEVEDORE (water trans.) II engaged in loading and unloading ships' cargoes: Assigns duties to workers, and explains methods of handling, stowing, securing cargo, and setting up hoisting equipment. Determines what cargo requires special handling and how it is to be stowed in ship's hold. Signals WINCH DRIVER (water trans.) to raise or lower cargo. May estimate dunnage (paper and timber) required to brace and arrange cargo in ship's hold to prevent cargo damage. May maintain inventory of dunnage. May be designated according to work area as Header, Dock (water trans.); Header, Ship (water trans.); or kind of cargo stowed as Cotton Header (water trans.). (references) |
| Operates machine to scarf end of wooden pipe for fittings: Inserts knives in slots of cutting head and adjusts knives for depth of cut, using steel scale and wrench. Positions pipe on machine bed and turns handwheel to clamp pipe in place. Starts machine and pulls lever to move cutting head over end of pipe to cut scarf. Verifies depth of cut and length of scarf against written specifications and drawings, using steel scale. Removes pipe from machine and rolls pipe onto conveyor. (references) | |
| Pours molten, nonferrous metals into solidifying ingots to compensate for shrinkage that occurs when ingots cool in their molds: Dumps specified amount of metal and flux into pot of gas- or oil-fired furnace. Reads temperature indicators and adjusts furnace flame to melt heading metal. Adds metal to molds to compensate for shrinkage, using ladle. Stencils identifying characters on top of solidified ingots, using special hammer tool. Opens mold and removes ingot, using tongs. (references) | |
| Installs circular head in croze (groove) of slack or tight barrel: Loosens temporary head loop on barrel by striking hoop, using hammer. Picks up head with spiked tool and fits head into croze of barrel. Draws staves around head, using windlass machine or other equipment. Replaces temporary head hoop with regular head hoop. Taps hoop lightly with hammer to tighten it around barrel and sets barrel aside. (references) | |
| A fabricated chamber to which series of tubes are joined to permit free circulation of fluid within water tube boiler. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| HEC | English | Header error control | Post & Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: HeaderSynonyms: cope (n), coping (n), lintel (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Plunge | Verb: plunge, dip, souse, duck; dive, plump; take a plunge, take a header; make a plunge; bathe;(water). |
Noun: plunge, dip, dive, header; ducking; Verb: diver. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Double header today huh Arch (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) | |
Lyrics | Tag team, the double header (Original Prankster; performing artist: The Offspring) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Triple Header (1990) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The coon club hunt--"Taking a header". Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Header" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 82.18% of the time. "Header" is used about 706 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 82.18% | 580 | 10,911 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 16.97% | 120 | 29,358 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.85% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 706 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "header": block header ♦ distributing header ♦ header error control ♦ Jib header ♦ start Of Header ♦ table header ♦ take a header ♦ top or bottom header. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "header": header-format-is, header-tank. | |
Ending with "header": back-header, double-header. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
header | 921 | dc sports header | 32 |
exhaust header | 181 | header honda legend | 31 |
hedman header | 165 | ford header | 31 |
jba header | 128 | end header premature script | 31 |
headman header | 111 | dynomax header | 31 |
pacesetter header | 75 | performance header | 30 |
sanderson header | 62 | custom header | 30 |
dc header | 61 | kamikaze header | 29 |
truck header | 53 | borla header | 29 |
flowtech and header | 49 | corvette header | 29 |
mac header | 47 | hotshot header | 28 |
gibson header | 47 | black jack header | 28 |
jeep header | 46 | acura header legend | 27 |
thorley header | 43 | gamesimages h3.gif header | 27 |
mustang header | 41 | gamesimages h2.gif header | 27 |
toyota header | 36 | computersimages h1.gif header | 26 |
thunder header | 36 | computersimages h2.gif header | 26 |
bbk header | 35 | computersimages h3.gif header | 26 |
doug thorley header | 33 | button computersimages header search.gif | 26 |
edelbrock header | 33 | gardeningimages h1.gif header | 26 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "header"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | rubriek (column). (various references) | |
Albanian | zhytje me kokë, tullë e vënë tërthor, makinë për vënien e fundëve të vozave, goditje e topit në kokë, arkitra (architrave, epistyle, lintel). (various references) | |
Arabic | قفزة رأس, غطسة (plunge), ضربة أس, اللبنة المواجهة, الرافعة (crane, lifter). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | удар с глава, скок във вода с главата надолу, щурц (lintel), хедер, тухли издадени навън от стена, колектор на водотръбен котел, главна галерия (heading), главичарка, преса за набиване. (various references) | |
Chinese | 头球. (various references) | |
Czech | hlavièka (bulb, head, heading), skok střemhlav (headforemost), pád po hlavì. (various references) | |
Danish | hus (house), header, holder (bracket, cartridge, form, holder, holding device, magnetic tape cartridge, mounting, mounting bracket, support, trap), hoved (head, pate), apparat til afskaering af spirer, binder (binder, binding agent, bond, bonder, bonding agent, bonding agents, bonding substance, bondstone, cement, matrix, paint vehicle, vehicle), bygvaerk til kontrol af bagudskridende erosion i raviner, aksmejemaskine (push header), kop (cup), startetiket, kopsten (bonder, bondstone), majsbord, opsamler (collector), samlerum (plenum), skærebord (cutter bar, finger-type cutter bar, knife cutter bar, push header, sickle bar), skiltebånd (fascia, fascia board, front strip), standskilt (fascia, fascia board, front strip), kollektor (collector). (various references) | |
Dutch | rubriek (column), hoofd (boss, chief, column, head, pate, superscription). (various references) | |
Esperanto | rubriko (column). (various references) | |
Farsi | سرساز, سرانداز, رءیس (Administer, Arch, Chairman, Chief, Dean, Director, Head, Headman, Headmaster, Master, Premier(Re), President, Principal, Provost, Regent, Ruler, Sheikh, Warden), شیرچه , درساز. (various references) | |
Finnish | vettä salaojaan johtava vaakasuora tunneli (adit, drainage heading), otsikko (head, heading, headline, pediment, title), kotelopohja, kollektori (collector), kokooja (collector), alkunimiö. (various references) | |
French | rubrique (classified heading, head, heading), boutisse. (various references) | |
Frisian | rubryk (column). (various references) | |
German | Kennsatz (label), Dateikopf, binder (binder, necktie, truss beam). (various references) | |
Greek | κεφαλιά στο ποδόσφαιρο, κεφαλιά, κεφαλίδα (cross beam, transverse beam), συλλέκτης (collector), συλλεκτικό ράμφος, συλλεκτική μηχανή στάχεων σιτηρών (push header), συλλογέας (collector), στήριγμα κρυστάλλου, μηχανή αποκοπής των κορυφών, με κεφάλι, μακροβούτι, Επικεφαλίδα, επιγραφή (docket, inscription, label, sign, superscription), επί κεφαλήσ, αγώγιμη βάση. (various references) | |
Hebrew | קפיצת ראש (head spring), "ף כותרת. (various references) | |
Hungarian | felső fúrólyuk, elővájó réselőgép, elosztó cső (manifold), fejcső, fejelőtégla, fejelés (heading), fejesugrás (dive, plunge, straight header), fejező gép, csőfejelő gép, fejzömítő gép, zsomp (accumulator), gyűjtő cső, kalászvágó, kamra (berth, closet, compartment, cubbyhole, larder, still-room, subdivision, thalamus, ventricle), kazándob, kiváltógerenda, tároló (accumulative, bin, container, holding), vágószerkezet (trimmer), vízkamra, fejgerenda (lintel, seal). (various references) | |
Indonesian | jatuh tersungkur. (various references) | |
Italian | opere antierosione a monte, becco spannocchiatore, cimatrice, collettore (collector, gatherer), concio di testa (bonder, bondstone), drenaggio orizzontale (adit, drainage heading), etichetta di testa, basetta (whiskers), intestazione di file, testata (butt, head, headboard, heading, running head, warhead), pannello segnaletico (fascia, fascia board, front strip), pietra di connessione (bonder, bondstone), pietra di testata (bonder, bondstone), raccoglispighe di cereali (push header), salto nell'acqua, spigatrice (push header), testa di mattone (bonder, bondstone), intestazione (heading, notehead, registration). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | プロ野球 (10^2, hair, hair band, hair care, hair cream, hair curler, hair dresser, hair dryer, hair liquid, hair manicure, hair oil, hair spray, hairbrush, hairdye, hairpiece, hairpin curve, hairstyle, haste, heading, heather, hectare, hecto-, hectopascal, hedge, hedgehog, hedging, hegemony, intense smell, professional baseball, state of being furious or angry). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ヘッダー , ヘッダ . (various references) | |
Korean | 우두머리. (various references) | |
Manx | clagh chianglee (keystone, throughstone), builley king. (various references) | |
Papiamen | rúbro (column). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eaderhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | frontão (fronton, gable, pediment), bico colhedor, cabeça (brain, chief, chunk, coconut, head, leader, nob, noddle, nut, pate, poll, ringleader, top, topknot), cabeçalho (billhead, degree, superscription, title), cabeada (halter), cabealho (head, heading), colector (revenue agent, tax collector), colhedor de espigas (push header), aparelho destinado a aparar hastes ou rebentos, encabeçamento (actual incidence, actual use, actual utilisation, actual utilization, density, stand, stocking, stocking density), tubo de comunicao, golpe de cabea, mquina escavadora, mergulho de cabea, obra de admissão de água de um aquífero num dreno (adit, drainage heading), protecção a montante, rubrica (caption, check, column, countersign, imprint, item, raddle, reddle, rubric, ruddle, signature), suporte (base, basis, brace, bracing, bracket, buttress, carrier, column, crutch, foot, girder, hanger, hold, holdfast, lay-over, leg, mounting, pedestal, pillow, pillow-block, post, prop, ribbing, socket, stake, stanchion, stand, stay, stock, stool, supporter, tie-plate), travesso, coluna (column, pillar, post, spine, stoop). (various references) | |
Romanian | salt (bounce, bound, caper, dive, Frisk, gambol, hop, jump, leap, resilience, saltation, skip, spring, start, vault, vaulting), plonjon (diving), şef (boss, cap, captain, chairman, chief, chieftain, foreman, governor, great gun, head, headman, leader, manager, master, president, principal, ringleader, superior). (various references) | |
Russian | сборник (digest, miscellany, storybook, tank), ригель (girth rail, yoke), тычок (binder, bond-stone, dig, prod), шапка (banner headline, cap, hat, helmet, masthead), колонтитул (catchword, page header, running title), коллектор (accumulator, collector, commutator, commuter, manifold, sampler, sewer), врубовая машина (coal cutter, coal-cutter, cutter, mining machine), водосборник (lodgement, lodgment), накатина (trimmer), заголовок (banner, banner headline, caption, head, heading, headline, leader, rubric, title). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | skok u vodu naglavačke, kombajn (combine). (various references) | |
Spanish | título (address, appellation, brevet, caption, certificate, charter, degree, handgrip, handle, head, heading, name, prefix, qualification, right, style, superscription, title, titre), encabezamiento (caption, fatherhood, generality, head, headland, headline, salutation). (various references) | |
Swedish | rubrik (caption, column, heading, headline, title). (various references) | |
Thai | การใช้ศีรษะโหม่งลูกบอล. (various references) | |
Turkish | kafa vuruşu (heading), kafa atma (butt), balıklama dalış, bağlantı taşı (heading stone), bağlantı (channel, commitment, communication, concern, connecting, connection, connexion, contact, contact man, coordination, coupling, dealings, hookup, intercourse, liaison, link, linkage, linkup, noose, relation, tap, tie, tie in, tie up), bağ (alliance, bandage, beginnings, binder, bond, brace, connection, connexion, copula, copulation, cord, corelate, daughter, desmo-, fascia, fastener, fastening, knot, lace, league, ligament, ligature, link, linkage, linkup, nexus, noose, relation, relationship, string, tie, tie up, truss, vinculum, vine, vineyard, yoke). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ригель (cross bar, transom), водозбірня. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "header": headers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "header": doubleheader. (additional references) | |
Words containing "header": doubleheaders. (additional references) | |
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"Header" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hader, Hadera, Hadjera, Hajadi, headar, heade, Headen, headewr, Headey, hearde, Hearder, heared, hedared, heder, heeden, heide, Heidel, Heidrek, Heiner, Heizer, helander, helder, hender, hevade, hnekdir, Hoederer, Hradec, Hubauer, Hyader, meader, Peadar, Rhaeder, Rheade. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "header" (pronounced he"der) |
| 3 | -e" d er | Cheddar, deader, redder, shredder, spreader, Tedder. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: adhere. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-h-r" | |
-1 letter: eared, hared, heard, heder. | |
-2 letters: dare, dear, deer, dere, dree, hade, haed, hard, hare, head, hear, heed, herd, here, read, rede, reed, rhea. | |
-3 letters: are, dah, dee, ear, edh, era, ere, had, hae, her, rad, rah, red, ree. | |
-4 letters: ad, ae, ah, ar, de, ed, eh, er, ha, he, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-h-r" | |
+1 letter: adhered, adherer, adheres, earthed, ephedra, havered, headers, headier, hearsed, hearted, reached, redhead, reheard, sheared. | |
+2 letters: adherend, adherent, adherers, ashlered, barehead, berdache, breached, breathed, dakerhen, demarche, detacher, ephedras, fathered, forehead, freehand, gathered, gheraoed, haeredes, haltered, hammered, hampered, hankered, hardedge, hardened, hardener, harkened, headgear, headrace, headrest, heralded, kashered, lathered, neatherd, overhead, preached, redheads, rehabbed, rehandle, rehanged, reharden, rehashed, reheated, reshaped, reshaved, rethread, rewashed, searched, sorehead, threaded, threader, threaped, threated, wreathed. | |
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