header

head·er  (hdr)

n.

1. One that fits a head on an object.

2. One that removes a head from an object, especially a machine that reaps the heads of grain and passes them into a wagon or receptacle.

3. A pipe that serves as a central connection for two or more smaller pipes.

4. A floor or roof beam placed between two long beams that supports the ends of the tailpieces.

5. A brick or stone laid at a right angle to the face of a wall so that only its short end is showing. Also called bonder.

6. Informal A headlong dive or fall.

7. Sports A pass or shot made in soccer by heading the ball.

8. Textual information, such as a title, date, or page number, positioned in the top margin of a page and usually repeated throughout a document.

9. A raised tank or hopper that maintains a constant pressure or supply to a system, especially the small tank that supplies water to a central heating system.

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header

Noun

1. Soccer the action of striking a ball with the head

2. Informal a headlong fall or dive

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	header - 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" heading, head crosshead, crossheading - a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text headline, newspaper headline - the heading or caption of a newspaper article lemma - the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry rubric - a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type running head, running headline - a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book subhead, subheading - a heading of a subdivision of a text statute title, title, rubric - a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with; "Title 8 provided federal help for schools" line - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza"
	2.	header - horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window lintel beam - long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
	3.	header - brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall cope, coping brick - rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material wall - an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
	4.	header - 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 beam - long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
	5.	header - a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon harvester, reaper - farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields
	6.	header - (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head hitting, striking, hit - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" association football, soccer - a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal
	7.	header - a headlong jump (or fall); "he took a header into the shrubbery" jumping, jump - the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"

Translations

header [ˈhɛdəʳ] n (BRIT) (col) (FOOTBALL) → cabezazo: (= fall); caída de cabeza

header [ˈhɛdəʳ] n (Brit) (inf) (Football) → (coup m de) tête f: (= fall); chute f (or plongeon m) la tête la première

header [ˈhɛdəʳ] head (Brit) (inf) n (Football) → Kopfball m

header [ˈhɛdəʳ] n (BRIT ) (col) (FOOTBALL) → colpo di testa: (fall) → caduta di testa