header

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdɚ/

The English word “header” has 18 meanings listed here.

noun

The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.
Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.
A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.
The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.
the first part of a packet or stream, often containing its address and descriptors.
A brick that is laid sideways (on its largest face), for example at the top of a wall or within the brickwork, with its smallest side showing (oriented so that that side is wider than it is tall).
A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.
A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.
The act of hitting the ball with the head.
Someone who heads the ball.
A headlong fall, jump or dive.
A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system; a header tank.
A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.
The rodeo performer who drives the steer toward the heeler to be tied.
One who puts a head on something.
A headcase; a nutjob (mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person).

From head + -er.

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