Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A narrow opening for ventilation driven through coal or rock, separating the two passages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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Synonyms: headway
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of crosshead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: journalism, media
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Synonyms: crosshead
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: crosshead
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: heading, header, head
History
From cross + heading.
