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NEWSPAPER HEADLINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The heading or caption of a newspaper article
Synonyms:
headline; newspaper headline
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("newspaper headline" is a kind of...):
head; header; heading (a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "newspaper headline"):
drop line; dropline; stagger head; staggered head; stephead; stepped line (a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right)
screamer (a sensational newspaper headline)
banner; streamer (a newspaper headline that runs across the full page)
Holonyms ("newspaper headline" is a part of...):
newspaper; paper (a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements)
