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headland

Syllables: head·land/ˈhɛdlənd/

headland noun: coastal land that juts into the sea.

headland: coastal land that juts into the sea
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Noun

headland (plural headlands)

  1. Coastal land that juts into the sea.
  2. The unplowed boundary of a field.
    Synonyms:
    furlong

headland meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

headland in Tamil

coastal land that juts into the sea
முனை muṉai

headland in Urdu

راس

headland in Malayalam

മുനമ്പ്, നിലത്തിൽ ഉഴാത്ത ഭാഗം

headland in Kannada

ನೆಲಚಾಚು, ಭೂಚಾಚು, ಭೂಶಿರ, ಉಳದೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟ ಭಾಗ
More languagesFewer languages
headland in Persian
دماغه damâġe
headland in Vietnamese
mũi đất

Examples of headland in a sentence

  • You can't get round the headland when the tide's in.
  • Ask them to climb this headland and build me a death pile high on its top.
  • Ask them to climb this headland and build me a death pile high on its top.”

All 14 example sentences with headland

Synonyms of headland

Forms of headland

pluralheadlands

Plural of headland: headlands

Origin of headland

From Middle English hedelond, hedelonde, from Old English hēafodland, hafudland (“boundary, headland”), equivalent to head + land. Eclipsed non-native Middle English chevicir (“headland”), borrowed from Old French chevecier (“head piece”).

Words formed from headland

Phrases with headland

Questions about headland

What does headland mean?
Headland means coastal land that juts into the sea.
What is headland in Tamil?
Headland in Tamil is முனை (muṉai). See Headland meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is headland?
Headland is a noun.
How do you pronounce headland?
Headland is pronounced /ˈhɛdlənd/.
What is the plural of headland?
The plural of headland is headlands.

Words near headland in the dictionary

  1. headkickers
  2. Headlam
  3. headlamp
  4. headlamps
  5. Headlams
  6. headland
  7. headlanded
  8. headlands
  9. headlap
  10. headlaps
  11. headlease

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: headland (page history and authors); headland (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); headland (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); headland (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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