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headpieces

headpieces is the plural of headpiece.

Meaning of headpiece

Noun

headpiece (plural headpieces)

  1. The head; the brain; the head as the seat of intellect.
    1. A person with great intelligence.
      • He was going about pondering deeply, but in vain, how he might get out of his dilemma, when it came into his head to ask the advice of the boy that kept his pigs, who was a great head-piece, and had often helped him before.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 194
  2. A protective cover for the head; a helmet.
    Synonyms:
    headgear
  3. A headdress.
    Synonyms:
    headgear
  4. A headset.
    • Meronyms: mouthpiece, earpiece
  5. A headstall.
    Synonyms:
    headcollar

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Questions about headpieces

What is headpieces the plural of?
Headpieces is the plural of headpiece.

Words near headpieces in the dictionary

  1. headphoned
  2. headphoneless
  3. headphonelike
  4. headphones
  5. headpiece
  6. headpieces
  7. headpin
  8. headpins
  9. headplate
  10. headplates
  11. headpole

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