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head-note

head-note is the alternative spelling of headnote.

Meaning of headnote

Noun

headnote (plural headnotes)

  1. A note at the head of a page, chapter, dictionary entry, or other document element.
  2. A summary of the relevant aspects of a legal case, usually found at the beginning of a case report.

Forms of head-note

pluralhead-notes

Questions about head-note

What is head-note the alternative spelling of?
Head-note is the alternative spelling of headnote.

Words near head-note in the dictionary

  1. head-kicker
  2. head-kickers
  3. head-like
  4. head-mold-shot
  5. head-mould-shot
  6. head-note
  7. head-notes
  8. head-on
  9. head-on collision
  10. head-on collisions
  11. head-ons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: head-note (page history and authors); headnote (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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