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Word entry · 4 letters

head

Best crossword clue

"Body's top part"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /hɛd/Part of speech noun, verbSorted adehStarts with HEnds with D5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Top part of the body; leader

Word origin

From Middle English efd, had, hafd, heafd, hed, heed, hefet, heid, het, hevd, heved, hevid, hiede, hæfd, hæfedd, from Old English hēafod (“head; top; leader; origin”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”), from *kap- (“head; bowl, cup”).

Used in a sentence

  • Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.
  • The company is looking for people with good heads for business.
  • He has no head for heights.

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Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01Body's top part4 letters
02Leader, informally4 letters
03Part above the neck4 letters
04Part above the shoulders4 letters
05Top body part4 letters

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