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headdress

US/ˈhɛdˌdɹɛs/

headdress noun: a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head.

headdress: a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head
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Noun

headdress (plural headdresses)

  1. A decorative covering or ornament worn on the head.
    Synonyms:
    headgear
  2. A hairdo.

headdress meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

headdress in Hindi

a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head
शिरोभूषण śirobhūṣaṇ

headdress in Tamil

தலைப்பாகை, தலையலங்காரம், தலையழகு, வார்த்தைகளுள் ஒன்று

headdress in Bengali

কেশবিন্যাস

headdress in Kannada

ತಲೆಯುಡಿಗೆ
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headdress in Indonesian
bulang

Examples of headdress in a sentence

  • The plaintiff argued he had a religious right to wear his headdress although it reduced the effectiveness of his hard hat which is required of all persons on site.
  • Brown triumphantly astride her headstanding elephant, arms raised high, her elaborate headdress perfectly in place.
  • Medicine bundle containing birdskin, weaselskin; weaselskin headdress, buffalo saddle blanket, lightning painted horses, ermineskin fringe shirt.

All 12 example sentences with headdress

Synonyms of headdress

Forms of headdress

pluralheaddresses
alternative formhead-dress
alternative formhead dress

Plural of headdress: headdresses

Origin of headdress

From head + dress.

Words formed from headdress

Questions about headdress

What does headdress mean?
Headdress means a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head.
What is headdress in Hindi?
Headdress in Hindi is शिरोभूषण (śirobhūṣaṇ). See Headdress meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is headdress?
Headdress is a noun.
How do you pronounce headdress?
Headdress is pronounced /ˈhɛdˌdɹɛs/ (US).
What is the plural of headdress?
The plural of headdress is headdresses.

Words near headdress in the dictionary

  1. headcuts
  2. headdesk
  3. headdesked
  4. headdesking
  5. headdesks
  6. headdress
  7. headdressed
  8. headdresses
  9. headectomies
  10. headectomy
  11. headed

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: headdress (page history and authors); headdress (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); headdress (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); headdress (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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