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CROSSHEAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("crosshead" is a kind of...):
block (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides))
Holonyms ("crosshead" is a part of...):
steam engine (external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
Synonyms:
crosshead; crossheading
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("crosshead" is a kind of...):
head; header; heading (a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about)
