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head noun

  /hiːd/ , /hɛd/ , /hɛːd/ , /ˈhɛd/
  • (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
  • A headdress; a covering for the head.
  • Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
  • (figurative, metonymy) Mind; one's own thoughts.
  • (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
  • (machining) A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
  • The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
  • (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
  • The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
  • The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
 ceann
  • A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
 ceann, tor
  • A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
 cnoga

head adjective

  /hiːd/ , /hɛd/ , /hɛːd/ , /ˈhɛd/
  • Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
 ceann

heading noun

  /ˈhɛdɪŋ/
  • The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
 ceannscríbhinn, ceannteideal, mírcheann, rúibric

heads noun

  /hɛdz/
  • One side of a coin:
 aghaidh
head of state
ceann stáit
head of household
bean an tí, fear an tí
head louse
babhdaí, míol gruaige, treaghdán
flower head
bhláthcheann
head office
ardoifig, príomhoifig
death's-head
blaosc mairbh
head line
líne an chinn
head honcho
bos
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