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head race

head race is the alternative form of headrace.

Meaning of headrace

Noun

headrace (plural headraces)

  1. The part of a millrace that brings water to the millwheel.
  2. A time trial in the sport of rowing.

Forms of head race

pluralhead races

Questions about head race

What is head race the alternative form of?
Head race is the alternative form of headrace.

Words near head race in the dictionary

  1. head pressing
  2. head priest
  3. head priests
  4. head pump
  5. head pumps
  6. head race
  7. head races
  8. head rag
  9. head rags
  10. head ram
  11. head ramming

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Adapted from Wiktionary: head race (page history and authors); headrace (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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