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header

/ˈhɛdə/
noun
  1. The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.

    "If you reduce the header of this document, the body will fit onto a single page."

  2. Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.

    "Your header is too long; "Local Cannibals" will suffice."

    Similar: head, heading

  3. Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.

    "That column should have the header "payment status"."

Synonymsbonder, cope, coping, head, heading, lintel
verb
  1. To strike (a ball) with one's head.

noun
  1. A file, usually in the form of source code, that is automatically included in another source file by the compiler.

  2. A file that contains declarations but no implementations.

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