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Definitions: Headrest |
HeadrestNoun1. A cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash. 2. A rest for the head. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Medicine | By gentle but definite pressure towards the -- the operator can, with his left hand, stabilize the patient's head. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: HeadrestSynonym: head restraint (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: head restraint (transportation). |
Crosswords: Headrest |
| Specialty definitions using "headrest": AEROSPACE PHYSIOLOGICAL TECHNICIAN. (references) |
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Screenplays | I was bound up in a straightjacket, and my gulliver was strapped to a headrest with, like, wires running away from it. Then they clamped like lodlocks on my eyes so that I could not shut them, no matter how hard I tried. (A Clockwork Orange; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick) | |
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| "Headrest" is generally used as an adjective (superlative) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Headrest" is used about 14 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 |
| Adjective (superlative) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
headrest monitor | 100 |
headrest tv | 34 |
headrest | 34 |
headrest lcd | 18 |
dvd headrest | 16 |
headrest tvs | 14 |
video headrest | 12 |
epik headrest | 12 |
headrest lcd monitor | 12 |
headrest cover | 11 |
bracket headrest | 9 |
headrest install monitor | 8 |
headrest monitor vizualogic | 8 |
dvd epik headrest | 8 |
headrest lcd screen | 7 |
vizualogic headrest | 7 |
car cover headrest | 5 |
headrest mount | 5 |
headrest video monitor | 5 |
headrest screen | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "headrest"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 垫头之物. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | opìrka hlavy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | repose-tête. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kopflehne (head-rest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στήριγμα του κεφαλιού. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fejtámla (headboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kalang hulu (pillow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | poggiatesta, poggiacapo, appoggiatesta (head-rest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thackish king. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eadresthay procedência (origin, origination, provenance, provenience). (various references) naslon za glavu. (various references) reposacabezas. (various references) huvudstöd, nackstöd. (various references) kafalık, araba koltuğu kafa dayanağı. (various references) підголовник. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "headrest": headrests. (additional references) | |
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"Headrest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: headrent, heardst, hearest, hederas, Phaedrus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "headrest" (pronounced he"dre'st) |
| 4 | -r e' s t | armrest, backrest. |
| 3 | -e' s t | accessed, alkahest, incest, inquest, manifest, protest, slugfest, unprocessed. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-h-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: adheres, aethers, dearest, dearths, derates, earthed, hardest, hardset, hatreds, headers, headset, hearsed, hearted, heaters, redates, reheats, sedater, sheared, threads, trashed. | |
-2 letters: adhere, aether, aretes, dasher, daters, dearth, deaths, derate, derats, desert, deters, earths, easter, eaters, erased, ethers, haeres, hasted, haters, hatred, header, hearse, hearts, heated, heater, heders, hereat, redate, reheat, reseat, reseda, rested, seared, seated, seater, sedate, shader, shared, stared, teared, teased, teaser, theres, thread, threes, trades, treads. | |
-3 letters: aedes, arete, ashed, aster, dares, darts, dater, dates, dears, deash, death, deers, deets, derat, deter, drats, drees, drest, eared, earth, eased, eater, erase, ester, ether, hades, hadst, haets, hards, hared, hares, harts, haste, hated, hater, hates, heads, heard, hears, heart, heats, heder, heeds, herds, heres, rased, rated, rates, rathe, reads, redes, reeds, reest, reset, rheas, sadhe, saree, sated, seder, sered, setae, shade, shard, share, shear, sheer, sheet, sherd, shred, stade, stare, stead, steed, steer, stere, tahrs, tared, tares, tears, tease, terse, there, these, three, trade, trash, tread, treed, trees, tsade. | |
-4 letters: ares, arse, arts, ates, dahs, dare, dart, dash, date, dear, deer, dees, deet, dere, drat, dree, ears, ease, east, eath, eats, edhs, eras, erst, etas, eths, hade, haed, haes, haet, hard, hare, hart, hast, hate, hats, head, hear, heat, heed, herd, here, hers, hest, hets, rads, rase, rash, rate, rath, rats, read, rede, reds, reed, rees, resh, rest, rete, rets, rhea, sade, sard, sate, sear, seat, seed, seer, sera, sere, seta, shad, shat, shea, shed, star, tads, tahr, tare, tars, tear, teas, teds, teed, tees, thae, thee, trad, tree, tsar. | |
-5 letters: ads, are, ars, art, ash, ate, dah, dee, ear, eat, edh, eds, era, ere, ers, eta, eth, had, hae, has, hat, her, hes, het, rad, rah, ras, rat, red, ree, res, ret, sad, sae, sat, sea, see, ser, set, sha, she, tad, tae, tar, tas, tea, ted, tee, the. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-h-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: adherents, detachers, harvested, headrests, neatherds, rethreads, shattered, slathered, threaders, watershed. | |
+2 letters: broadsheet, dehydrates, dishearten, fatshedera, headmaster, headstream, headwaters, rehydrates, threadiest, threadless, watersheds. | |
+3 letters: arthrodeses, atmosphered, breadthwise, broadsheets, diathermies, disheartens, fatshederas, featherbeds, headhunters, headmasters, headstreams, headwaiters, homesteader, letterheads, nearsighted, slaughtered, softhearted, spreadsheet, stakeholder, superheated, threadiness, timberheads, turtleheads, unharvested, whitebeards. | |
+4 letters: daughterless, disenchanter, disheartened, featheredges, featherheads, headforemost, headmistress, headquarters, hemihydrates, hexahydrates, homesteaders, housetrained, hydrogenates, leatherwoods, neanderthals, orchestrated, pentahedrons, spreadsheets, stakeholders, stepdaughter, stonyhearted, stouthearted, straightedge, straightened, tetrahedrons, thermostated, thunderheads. | |
+5 letters: creaturehoods, dechlorinates, dermatophytes, disenchanters, disenthralled, disheartening, hemichordates, hereditaments, hereditarians, metamorphosed, nearsightedly, overharvested, parenthesized, reestablished, softheartedly, stepdaughters, stereographed, straightedges, tetrahedrites, thermostatted, threadinesses, weatherboards. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 61 64 72 65 73 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . .- -.. .-. . ... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01100001 01100100 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e a d r e s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0061 0064 0072 0065 0073 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4271677084718586 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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