Header (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a person or thing that removes or puts a head on something.
  2. a reaping machine that cuts off and gathers only the heads of the grain.
  3. a chamber to which the ends of a number of tubes are connected so that water or steam may pass freely from one tube to the other.
  4. an exhaust manifold.
  5. Building Trades.
    • a brick or stone laid in a wall or the like so that its shorter ends are exposed or parallel to the surface.
    • 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.
  6. a plunge or dive headfirst, as into water: He stumbled and took a header into the ditch.
  7. a pass or shot made by heading the ball.
  8. a sign that is part of or attached to the top of a rack displaying merchandise.
  9. a line of information placed at the top of a page for purposes of identification.
noun
  1. a reservoir, tank, or hopper that maintains a gravity feed or a static fluid pressure in an apparatus
  2. a manifold for distributing a fluid supply amongst a number of passages
  3. a machine that trims the heads from castings, forgings, etc, or one that forms heads, as in wire, to make nails
  4. a person who operates such a machine
  5. a brick or stone laid across a wall so that its end is flush with the outer surface
  6. the action of striking a ball with the head
  7. a headlong fall or dive
  8. computing
    • a block of data on a tape or disk providing information about the size, location, etc, of a file
    • (as modifier)
  9. a mentally unbalanced person
Header (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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