1
: one that removes heads
especially
: a grain-harvesting machine that cuts off the grain heads and elevates them to a wagon
2
a
: a brick or stone laid in a wall with its end toward the face of the wall
b
: a beam fitted at one side of an opening to support free ends of floor joists, studs, or rafters
c
: a horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening : lintel
d
: a conduit (such as an exhaust pipe for a many-cylindered engine) into which a number of smaller conduits open
e
: a mounting plate through which electrical terminals pass from a sealed device (such as a transistor)
3
: a fall or dive headfirst
took a header into the pool
4
: a shot or pass in soccer made by heading the ball
5
b
: information (such as a page number) printed or placed at the top of each page of a document compare footer sense 2
Examples of header in a Sentence
She tripped on the rock and took a header.
He scored with a header past the goalie.
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Optimize the header and description Your LinkedIn company page banner image should communicate your value proposition instantly.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Foden nodded a header back into the path of Aguero, who had scored a hat-trick against Villa a couple of months earlier wearing this same kit.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 17 May 2025
The nearly 30-year period from 1997 to now will have a primary header in the history books, the Demographic and Social Transformation of England.
—The Editors, National Review, 17 May 2025
Inter Miami found the net first, only 35 seconds into the game on Maximiliano Falcon’s header.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Foden nodded a header back into the path of Aguero, who had scored a hat-trick against Villa a couple of months earlier wearing this same kit.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 17 May 2025
The nearly 30-year period from 1997 to now will have a primary header in the history books, the Demographic and Social Transformation of England.
—The Editors, National Review, 17 May 2025
Inter Miami found the net first, only 35 seconds into the game on Maximiliano Falcon’s header.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
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“Header.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/header. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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header
noun
head·er
ˈhed-ər 
: a fall or dive headfirst
took a header downstairs
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