noun
Meaning 1
The part of a seat designed to support the sitter's head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
headrest
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
Pronunciation
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/ˈhɛdˌɹɛst/
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CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 D R EH2 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
a rest for the head
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rest
noun
Meaning 3
a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: head restraint
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cushion
History
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-Germanic *rastō Proto-West Germanic *rastu Old English ræst Middle English reste English rest English headrest From head + rest.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: başaltı — part of a seat
- Catalan: reposacaps — part of a seat
- Dutch: hoofdsteun — part of a seat
- Finnish: päänoja — part of a seat
- French: appui-tête — part of a seat
- French: repose-tête — part of a seat
- Galician: repousacabezas — part of a seat
- German: Kopflehne — part of a seat
- German: Kopfstütze — part of a seat
- German: Kopfauflage — part of a seat
- German: Kopfstütze des Dentalstuhls — part of a seat
- German: Kopfstütze mit Backen — part of a seat
- Greek: αποκούμπι (apokoúmpi) — part of a seat
- Hawaiian: uluna — part of a seat
- Italian: poggiatesta — part of a seat
- Polish: zagłówek — part of a seat
- Russian: подголовник (podgolovnik) — part of a seat
- Spanish: reposacabezas — part of a seat
- Spanish: apoyacabeza — part of a seat
- Spanish: apoyanuca — part of a seat
- Tahitian: uruʻa — part of a seat