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headgear

/ˈhɛdɡɪə(ɹ)/US/ˈhɛdɡɪɹ/

headgear noun: anything worn on the head, such as a hat, hood, helmet, etc.

headgear: anything worn on the head, such as a hat, hood, helmet, etc
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Noun

headgear (countable and uncountable, plural headgears)

  1. (uncountable) Anything worn on the head, such as a hat, hood, helmet, etc.
    • Grey hairs straggled out from under her head-gear, which surrounded a dark face with bushy eyebrows and a long knotted nose.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 296
    Synonyms:
    headdress, headwear
  2. The harness that fits on a horse's head.
    Synonyms:
    bridle
  3. The lifting gear at the head of a mine or deep well.
  4. The rigging on the foresail.
  5. (orthodontics) A type of orthodontic appliance attached to dental braces that aids in correcting severe bite problems.

headgear meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic

headgear in Tamil

தலையணி

headgear in Malayalam

headgear
മകുടം makuṭaṁ

headgear in Kannada

ಹ್ಯಾಟು, ತೋಪಿ, ರುಮಾಲು, ಸೀಸಕ, ಶೀರ್ಷಕ, ಶಿರಸ್ತ್ರಾಣ

headgear in Arabic

anything worn on the head
عَمْرَة ʕamra, غِطَاء الرَّأْس ḡiṭāʔ ar-raʔs

Synonyms of headgear

Forms of headgear

pluralheadgears

Plural of headgear: headgears

Origin of headgear

From head + gear.

Questions about headgear

What does headgear mean?
Headgear means anything worn on the head, such as a hat, hood, helmet, etc.
What is headgear in Tamil?
Headgear in Tamil is தலையணி. See Headgear meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is headgear?
Headgear is a noun.
How do you pronounce headgear?
Headgear is pronounced /ˈhɛdɡɪə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of headgear?
The plural of headgear is headgears.

Words near headgear in the dictionary

  1. headfuls
  2. headgame
  3. headgames
  4. headgate
  5. headgates
  6. headgear
  7. headgears
  8. headground
  9. headgrounds
  10. headgroup
  11. headgroups

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: headgear (page history and authors); headgear (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); മകുടം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); headgear (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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