Meaning

9 senses
  1. The head; the brain; the head as the seat of intellect.

    a protective helmet for the head

  2. The head; the brain; the head as the seat of intellect.

    A person with great intelligence.

  3. Something covering the head.

    A protective cover for the head; a helmet.

  4. A headdress.

  5. A headset.

    Meronyms: mouthpiece, earpiece

  6. A headstall.

  7. A headboard of a bed.

  8. A decorative page heading used at the start of volumes or chapters.

  9. The top piece or part of any of various things.

    Near-synonym: head

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The beret is an iconic French headpiece.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From head + piece.

From head + piece.

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Forms

plural: headpieces
Singularheadpiece
Pluralheadpieces

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head:headstall

See also

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