CROSSHEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crosshead mean? 

• CROSSHEAD (noun)
  The noun CROSSHEAD has 2 senses:

1. a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text

2. metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth

  Familiarity information: CROSSHEAD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROSSHEAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

crosshead; crossheading

Hypernyms ("crosshead" is a kind of...):

head; header; heading (a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about)

Sense 2

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)