header

Meanings

• a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
• horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
• 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)
  • "he took a header into the shrubbery"

Synonyms

cope, coping, head, heading, lintel