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headcut

headcut noun: an erosional feature of some intermittent and perennial streams with an abrupt vertical drop (knickpoint) in the stream bed.

Noun

headcut (plural headcuts)

  1. An erosional feature of some intermittent and perennial streams with an abrupt vertical drop (knickpoint) in the stream bed.
    • Above the lower headcut, phreatophytic mesquite and little leaf sumac hug the banks, drawing pendulate water from the silts remaining from former marsh deposits and sending long taproots into channel stores.2007, Susan L. Woodward, “Modern Vegetation of the Murray Springs Area and the Upper San Pedro Valley”, in Caleb Vance Haynes, Bruce B. Huckell, editor, Murray Springs, page 58

Forms of headcut

pluralheadcuts

Origin of headcut

From head + cut.

Questions about headcut

What does headcut mean?
Headcut means an erosional feature of some intermittent and perennial streams with an abrupt vertical drop (knickpoint) in the stream bed.
What part of speech is headcut?
Headcut is a noun.
What is the plural of headcut?
The plural of headcut is headcuts.

Words near headcut in the dictionary

  1. headcovers
  2. headcrash
  3. headcrashes
  4. headcrest
  5. headcrests
  6. headcut
  7. headcuts
  8. headdesk
  9. headdesked
  10. headdesking
  11. headdesks

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