Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

header

/ˈhɛdɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.88 in modern English

Syllables: head-er
IPA: /ˈhɛdɚ/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.

noun

Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.

noun

Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.

noun

A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.

Informal

noun

The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.

noun

Clipping of header file.

noun

the first part of a packet or stream, often containing its address and descriptors.

noun

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).

Example Sentences

"If you reduce the header of this document, the body will fit onto a single page."
"Your header is too long; "Local Cannibals" will suffice."
"That column should have the header "payment status"."
"Parts of speech belong in a level-three header. Level-two headers are reserved for the name of the language."
"The header includes an index, an identifier, and a pointer to the next entry."
"The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet."

Etymology

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English header From head + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhɛdɚ/
British English: /ˈhɛdə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

headers (plural) hdr (alternative, abbreviation) headers (present, singular) headering (participle, present) headered (participle, past) headered (past)

Derived Forms

headerless preheader pseudoheader reheader subheader

Phrases

double-header gliding header header guard header tank nail header new-header pin header quadruple-header

Frequently Paired Words

body footer table payload stretcher

Synonyms

head heading bonder coping cope lintel

Rhymes With

cheddar shredder spreader fedor eder vedder redder feder tedder deader raeder schraeder

Questions

How do you pronounce header?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɛdɚ/.
What does header mean?: The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
Where does header come from?: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English header From head + -er.

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