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headender

headender noun: a head-on collision.

Noun

headender (plural headenders)

  1. (colloquial) A head-on collision.
    • […] setting up a "headender" between son's model trains […]1951, The Train Dispatcher, volume 33, page 581

Forms of headender

pluralheadenders
alternative formhead-ender

Questions about headender

What does headender mean?
Headender means a head-on collision.
What part of speech is headender?
Headender is a noun.
What is the plural of headender?
The plural of headender is headenders.

Words near headender in the dictionary

  1. headed up
  2. headedly
  3. headedness
  4. Headen
  5. headend
  6. headender
  7. headenders
  8. headends
  9. Headens
  10. header
  11. header file

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