header (n.)

  1. a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; the heading seemed to have little to do with the text

    [ Syn: heading , head ]

  2. horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window

    [ Syn: lintel ]

  3. brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

    [ Syn: coping , cope ]

  4. 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

  5. a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon

  6. (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head

  7. a headlong jump (or fall); he took a header into the shrubbery'

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