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trailhead

trailhead noun: the beginning of a trail, often specifically a hiking trail.

trailhead: the beginning of a trail, often specifically a hiking trail
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Noun

trailhead (plural trailheads)

  1. The beginning of a trail, often specifically a hiking trail.
    • Take a bus or a cab to the trailhead, and walk a couple of hours to the magnificent, cow-inhabited Tai Long Wan beach.2010 January 22, Krista Mahr, “Authentic Asian Experiences (Round II): See Hong Kong's Greener Side”, in Time, retrieved 13 Aug 2016
  2. The initial clue that leads to an alternate reality game.
    • The trailhead can be exposed to potential gamers through social network services, websites, emails, or sometimes non-electronic media.2017, Sangkyun Kim, Kibong Song, Barbara Lockee, John Burton, Gamification in Learning and Education, Springer, →ISBN, page 27
    Synonyms:
    rabbit hole

Synonyms of trailhead

Forms of trailhead

pluraltrailheads
alternative formtrail head

Plural of trailhead: trailheads

Origin of trailhead

From trail + head.

Questions about trailhead

What does trailhead mean?
Trailhead means the beginning of a trail, often specifically a hiking trail.
What part of speech is trailhead?
Trailhead is a noun.
What is the plural of trailhead?
The plural of trailhead is trailheads.

Words near trailhead in the dictionary

  1. trailery
  2. trailest
  3. traileth
  4. trailhand
  5. trailhands
  6. trailhead
  7. trailheads
  8. trailin'
  9. trailing
  10. trailing arbutus
  11. trailing arbutuses

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