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headrace

headrace noun: the part of a millrace that brings water to the millwheel.

Noun

headrace (plural headraces)

  1. The part of a millrace that brings water to the millwheel.
  2. A time trial in the sport of rowing.

headrace meaning in Tamil

headrace in Tamil

நுழை மட்டம்

Forms of headrace

pluralheadraces
alternative formhead-race

Origin of headrace

From head + race.

Questions about headrace

What does headrace mean?
Headrace means the part of a millrace that brings water to the millwheel.
What is headrace in Tamil?
Headrace in Tamil is நுழை மட்டம். See Headrace meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is headrace?
Headrace is a noun.
What is the plural of headrace?
The plural of headrace is headraces.

Words near headrace in the dictionary

  1. headprints
  2. headquarter
  3. headquartered
  4. headquartering
  5. headquarters
  6. headrace
  7. headraces
  8. headrag
  9. headrags
  10. headrail
  11. headrails

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: headrace (page history and authors); headrace (Tamil 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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