noun
- A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about.
- usage: "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"
- Horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window.
- synonyms: lintel
- Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall.
- 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.
- A machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon.
- Soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head. (
- A headlong jump (or fall. )
- usage: "he took a header into the shrubbery"
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